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Where does “desilion” come from?

desilion (Malay) comes from English decillion, from English -illion, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

desilion (Malay): decillion

Definitions

  1. decillion

Ancestry of “desilion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdecillion10
2English-illionCombined with Latin prefixes for names of...
3EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
4Middle Englishmilioun—
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →