Where does “quinimil” come from?
quinimil (Spanish) comes from Spanish quinientos, from Latin quīngentōs, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
quinimil (Spanish): zillion
Definitions
- zillion
Ancestry of “quinimil”, step by step
quinimil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish quinientos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | quinientos | five hundred |
| 2 | Latin | quīngentōs | — |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Spanish mil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mil | thousand |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mil | thousand |
| 3 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |