Where does “quadrillion” come from?

quadrillion (French) comes from Middle French quadrillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

quadrillion (French): 10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...

Definitions

  1. 10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...

Ancestry of “quadrillion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchquadrillionquadrillion (1024)
2French-illionillion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “quadrillion”

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