Etymology

multibillionaire

Today it means: A person with a net worth of multiple billions, typically measured in US dollars. Full definition →

English billionaire ← French millionnaire ← Middle French million
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  11. Proto-Italic*dwis
  12. Old Latinduis
  13. Latinbis
  14. Frenchbi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  20. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  21. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  22. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  23. Latinmīlle
  24. Italianmille
  25. Italianmilione
  26. Old Frenchmillion
  27. Middle Frenchmillion
  28. Frenchmillionbf.
  29. Frenchbillion
  30. Englishbillion
  31. Frenchmillion
  32. Frenchmillionnaire
  33. Englishmillionaire
  34. Englishbillionaire
  35. English todaymultibillionaire

From multi- + billionaire.

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