Where does “ratus kuadrilion” come from?
ratus kuadrilion (Malay) comes from Malay kuadrilion, from English quadrillion, from French quadrillion, from Middle French quadrillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon.
ratus kuadrilion (Malay): hundred quadrillion
Definitions
- hundred quadrillion
Ancestry of “ratus kuadrilion”, step by step
ratus kuadrilion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay kuadrilion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kuadrilion | quadrillion |
| 2 | English | quadrillion | A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015 |
| 3 | French | quadrillion | 10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short... |
| 4 | Middle French | quadrillion | quadrillion (1024) |
| 5 | French | -illion | illion |
| 6 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 8 | Old French | millon | — |
| 9 | Italian | milione | million |
| 10 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 11 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |