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Where does “bilion” come from?

bilion (Malay) comes from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

bilion (Malay): billion

Definitions

  1. billion

Ancestry of “bilion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbillioncardinal...
2Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “bilion”

  • puluh bilion
  • sebilion
  • ratus bilion
  • satu bilion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →