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Wonderful words for big numbers

RobWords 396,368 3 years ago
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The history of the word hundred is guaranteed to surprise you. As are the stories behind so many English words for big numbers. Where does the word thousand come from? How much is a milliard? How many in a myriad? What’s a British billion? And what are lakhs and crores? Allow me to answer these questions and more as we explore the etymology of massive numbers. **NO MATHS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED** ==LINKS== Letter thorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A&t=4s William the Conqueror & English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-hoET1pKQ Check me out on Twitter & TikTok: http://twitter.com/robwordsYT​​ http://tiktok.com/@robwords ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:54 HUNDRED - long hundred, twelfty 4:08 THOUSAND - swollen hundred 5:29 MYRIAD - how much & how to use it 7:19 A friendly interruption 7:42 LAKH & CRORE - how much & why 8:42 MILLION - origin 9:28 MILLIARD - how much, billiard & trilliard 11:00 GOOGOL - googolplex, googolplexplex history 11:50 GOODBYE

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