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Where does “miliarde” come from?

miliarde (Novial) comes from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

miliarde (Novial): billion, hundred million , milliard

Definitions

  1. billion, hundred million , milliard

Ancestry of “miliarde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →