vigintillion etymology

English word vigintillion comes from English million ((long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.), English viginti- (Twenty.)

Detailed word origin of vigintillion

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
million English (eng) (long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.
viginti- English (eng) Twenty.
vigintillion English (eng) (cardinal) Originally, the twentieth power of a million, 10120; now (originally US) more usually 1063.