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Mega = million. There is an international organization which looks at weights and measures, called Bureau Poids et Measures, BIPM, and they decide on the names for multiples and sub-multiples. Which today go up as far as 10-24 or 1024, I think. You can check with your favourite search engine.

In ancient Greek - I don't really know, and they mayn't have had a need for millions.

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Mega means big or large in Greek.

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