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Where does “monibiljoonainen” come from?

monibiljoonainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish biljoona, from Swedish biljon, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.

monibiljoonainen (Finnish): multitrillion

Definitions

  1. multitrillion

Ancestry of “monibiljoonainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishbiljoonaA long scale billion, 10; a short scale trillion
2Swedishbiljon—
3Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
4French-illion-illion
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon—
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīlle—
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →