Where does “bilion” come from?

bilion (Polish) comes from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

bilion (Polish): trillion

Definitions

  1. trillion

Ancestry of “bilion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbillion10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion
2French-illionillion
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “bilion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →