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Expand file tree Collapse file tree Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change 1+ import React from 'react' ;
2+
3+ export default function Million ( ) {
4+ return (
5+ < div className = "space-y-6 font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed" >
6+ < p >
7+ A < strong className = "text-current" > Million</ strong > is, quite literally,
8+ a "big thousand." The word descends from the Italian < em > milione</ em > —{ ' ' }
9+ < em > mille</ em > ("thousand") fused with the augmentative suffix{ ' ' }
10+ < em > -one</ em > , the same ending that turns a < em > minestra</ em > (soup)
11+ into a hearty < em > minestrone</ em > . A million is simply a thousand made
12+ enormous.
13+ </ p >
14+
15+ < div className = "border-l-2 border-sky-500/50 pl-4 py-1 italic opacity-70 text-xs" >
16+ "A thousand thousands, packed into a single word."
17+ </ div >
18+
19+ < p >
20+ Before the merchants of the late Middle Ages needed to reckon such sums,
21+ English had no name for it — you simply said "a thousand thousand." The
22+ term arrived in the 14th century alongside the spread of Hindu-Arabic
23+ numerals and double-entry bookkeeping: new arithmetic demanding new
24+ vocabulary.
25+ </ p >
26+ </ div >
27+ ) ;
28+ }
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ export const vocabulary = {
127127 title : 'Logical Fallacy' ,
128128 loader : ( ) => import ( './vocab/logical-fallacy' ) ,
129129 } ,
130+ million : {
131+ title : 'Million' ,
132+ loader : ( ) => import ( './vocab/million' ) ,
133+ } ,
130134 'modules-vs-includes' : {
131135 title : 'Modules vs. Includes' ,
132136 loader : ( ) => import ( './vocab/modules-vs-includes' ) ,
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