Where does “octilliard” come from?

octilliard (French) comes from French -illiard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

octilliard (French): sexdecillion

Definitions

  1. sexdecillion

Ancestry of “octilliard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-illiardilliard
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →