Where does “multimillionnaire” come from?

multimillionnaire (French) comes from French millionnaire, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

multimillionnaire (French): multimillion/multi-million; multimillionaire

Definitions

  1. multimillion/multi-million; multimillionaire

Ancestry of “multimillionnaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmillionnairemillionaire; Very rich
2Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Old Frenchmillon—
5Italianmilionemillion
6Italianmillethousand
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “multimillionnaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →