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It's million, derived from M, Roman numeral for one thousand, one thousand one thousands is one million.
by kingkilr 15y ago
It's million, derived from M, Roman numeral for one thousand, one thousand one thousands is one million.
- sparky 15y agoI think it's more directly derived from the French 'Mille Mille ', or 'Thousand Thousand ', used in finance.
- ansy 15y agoI can't find any source for this, but it seems more likely MM is an abbreviation of "mille mille." MM in Roman numerals would just be 2000. 1 million would be written as M with a bar over it. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Large_numbers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Large_numbers