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Greek
Etymology
Exact calque of French billion, with the wrong bi- (“bi-, twice”) corresponding to δίς (dís, “twice, two”) and million to εκατομμύριο (ekatommýrio, “million”) (thus literally "two million"). The mathematically correct formation would be χίλια (chília, “a thousand”) + εκατομμύριο (ekatommýrio). Attested in 1871. Compare to the ancient δισχίλιος (diskhílios, “two thousand”) and δισμύριος (dismúrios, “twenty thousand (twice ten thousand)”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði.se.ka.toˈmi.ri.o/
- Hyphenation: δι‧σε‧κα‧τομ‧μύ‧ρι‧ο
- Old Hyphenation: δισ‧ε‧κα‧τομ‧μύ‧ρι‧ο
Noun
δισεκατομμύριο • (disekatommýrio) n (plural δισεκατομμύρια)
- billion, thousand million (109)
- (obsolete British) billion, million million (1012)
Declension
Coordinate terms
- see: Greek number and measurement
References
- ^ δισεκατομμύριο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ δισεκατομμύριο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language