Etymology

umptillion

U1M3P3T1I1L1L1I1O1N1

Today it means: An extremely large, unspecified number. Full definition →

English millionbf. ← Middle English milioun ← Middle French million
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The story

  1. Englishump
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥-t(-s)
  4. Proto-Germanic*tegun(dz)
  5. Proto-Germanic*teguz
  6. Proto-Germanic*tigiwiz
  7. Englishumpty
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  14. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  15. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  16. Latinmīlle
  17. Italianmille
  18. Italianmilione
  19. Old Frenchmillion
  20. Middle Frenchmillion
  21. Middle Englishmilioun
  22. Englishmillionbf.
  23. English todayumptillion

From umpty + -illion.

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