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Where does “septilion” come from?

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

septilion (Malay): septillion

Definitions

  1. septillion

Ancestry of “septilion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseptillionA trillion trillion: 1 followed by 24 zeros, 10;...
2Frenchseptillion—
3French-illion-illion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →