milliard
10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
Numeral
- 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
- For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...]. - 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155:
Synonyms: billion[short scale]]> thousand million
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French million Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Frankish *-hardbor. Old French -art Middle French [Term?] French -ard French milliardbor. English milliard Borrowed from French milliard.