myEtymology.com: English etymology of jillion

Etymology of the English word jillion

the English word jillion

derived from the English word fanciful

derived from the English word fancy

derived from the Latin word phantasia (fancy, imagined situation; mental image; phase)

derived from the Greek word phantasia, φαντασία ((properly abstract) a (vain) show ('fantasy'))

derived from the Greek word phantazein, φαντάζω (to make apparent; to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle))

derived from the Greek word phantos

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

using the English suffix -ful

The earliest known usage of jillion in English dates from the 20th century.

Word found in Modern English