Where does “Multimilliardär” come from?

Multimilliardär (German) comes from German Milliardär, from French milliardaire, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

Multimilliardär (German): multibillionaire

Definitions

  1. multibillionaire

Ancestry of “Multimilliardär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMilliardärbillionaire
2Frenchmilliardairebillionaire
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →
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