Where does “triljard” come from?

triljard (Swedish) comes from French trilliard, from French -illiard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

triljard (Swedish): the number 1021: long scale: trilliard, short scale: sextillion

Definitions

  1. the number 1021: long scale: trilliard, short scale: sextillion

Ancestry of “triljard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrilliardsextillion
2French-illiardilliard
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “triljard”

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