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From Latin octodec(im) (“eighteen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, octo- + decillion.
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octodecillion
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Today it means: 10⁵⁷. Full definition →
From Latin octodec(im) (“eighteen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, octo- + decillion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.