adj
Meaning 1
A billion times so
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a billionfold dilution
- a billionfold increase
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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billionfold
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adv
Meaning 2
In a billionfold way; by a billion degrees; on a scale of a billion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- multiply something a billionfold
- magnify something a billionfold
- it is a billionfold heavier than something else
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2ǵhéslih2 Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion English -fold English billionfold From billion + -fold.