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mille
Latin · ancient
"a thousand"
a thousand, combined with an augmentative suffix for a thousand thousands
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milione
Italian · medieval
"a thousand thousands"
settled in Italian for the large number, a thousand thousands
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million
English · 1300s
"one thousand thousand"
adopted directly for the number one thousand thousand
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