Where does “milljarður” come from?

milljarður (Icelandic) comes from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

milljarður (Icelandic): billion (US, modern British & Australian, short scale); milliard (dated British & Australian, long scale); thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109

Definitions

  1. billion (US, modern British & Australian, short scale); milliard (dated British & Australian, long scale); thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109

Ancestry of “milljarður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmilliardA milliard
2Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Old Frenchmillon—
5Italianmilionemillion
6Italianmillethousand
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “milljarður”

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