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Where does “trillionième” come from?

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

trillionième (French): trillionth

Definitions

  1. trillionth

Ancestry of “trillionième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrillion10; a long scale trillion; a short scale...
2French-illion-illion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →