Etymology

milliard

mil·liard
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Today it means: 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.) Full definition →

First used 18th c.French milliard ← Middle French [Term?] ← Proto-Germanic *harduz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Italianmille
  11. Italianmilione
  12. Old Frenchmillion
  13. Middle Frenchmillion
  14. Frenchmillion
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  16. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  17. Middle French[Term?]
  18. Frenchmilliard
  19. English todaymilliard

Borrowed from French milliard.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)

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