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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
2French-illion-illion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “quadrillion”

  • quadrillion
  • quadrillionth
  • quadrillionfold
  • quadrilionèsim
  • quadrilió
  • ratus kuadrilion
  • ڤولوه کوادريليون
  • کوادريليون
  • puluh kuadrilion
  • kuadrilion
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