-illion

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 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. 2.

    Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.

    bajillion, gazillion

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary