millón
/miˈʝon/ · A1 · noun · m
million
💰 millón = mil (thousand) + -ón (big): a big thousand
From Italian milione, built on Latin mille (thousand) plus the augmentative suffix -one, Spanish -ón. A million is literally a great thousand. Same root as English million, so the word is a near-twin: just add the accent and say mee-YON.