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English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from million, then used in billion, trillion, quadrillion, each from French, ultimately from Italian mille (thousand) and the augmentative suffix -one. -illion was segmented from million as if mi- was a prefix, and -illion the stem.

Suffix

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-illion

  1. Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million.
    bi- + ‎-illion → ‎billion
    tri- + ‎-illion → ‎trillion
  2. Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.

Usage notes

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Translations

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suffix forming names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1,000,000

See also

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French

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Etymology

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Back-formation from million, ultimately from Italian mille (thousand) and the augmentative suffix -one. -illion was segmented from million as if mi- was a prefix, and -illion the stem.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-illion m (noun-forming suffix, plural -illions)

  1. -illion

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