Where does “kvadriljon” come from?

kvadriljon (Swedish) comes from French quadrillion, from Middle French quadrillion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

kvadriljon (Swedish): the number 1024: long scale: quadrillion, short scale: septillion

Definitions

  1. the number 1024: long scale: quadrillion, short scale: septillion

Ancestry of “kvadriljon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadrillion10; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short...
2Middle Frenchquadrillionquadrillion (1024)
3French-illionillion
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “kvadriljon”

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