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From Latin quīndec(im) (“fifteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, quindec- (“fifteen”) + -illion or quin- (“five”) + decillion.
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quindecillion
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Today it means: 10⁴⁸. Full definition →
From Latin quīndec(im) (“fifteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, quindec- (“fifteen”) + -illion or quin- (“five”) + decillion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.