Where does “milyar” come from?

milyar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish میلیار, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

milyar (Turkish): billion

Definitions

  1. billion

Ancestry of “milyar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “milyar”

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