quillion

quillion
(ki-llon, ll mouillées) s. m.
Nombre valant 1000 quadrillions ; on dit aujourd'hui quintillion.
   XVe s.
   Un quillion vaut mille milliers de quadrillons, DE LA ROCHE Arismetique, f° 7.
   Mot formé du lat. quinque, cinq, comme billion l'est de bis (voy. aussi BILLION pour la manière de compter au XVIe siècle).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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