Where does “milljarðamæringur” come from?

milljarðamæringur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic milljarður, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

milljarðamæringur (Icelandic): billionaire

Definitions

  1. billionaire

Ancestry of “milljarðamæringur”, step by step

milljarðamæringur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic milljarður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmilljarðurbillion (US, modern British & Australian, short scale); milliard (dated British & Australian, long scale); thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Icelandic mæringur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmæringurrenowned person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →