When a hundred wasn't 100: BIG NUMBER WORDS (Milliards, myriads, lakhs, crores & more)

The history of the word hundred is guaranteed to surprise you. As are the stories behind so many English words for big numbers. Where does the word thousand come from? How much is a milliard? How many in a myriad? What’s a British billion? And what are lakhs and crores?Allow me to answer these questions and more as we explore the etymology of massive numbers.**NO MATHS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED**==LINKS==Letter thorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A&t=4sWilliam the Conqueror & English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-hoET1pKQCheck me out on Twitter & TikTok:http://twitter.com/robwordsYT​​http://tiktok.com/@robwords==CHAPTERS==0:00 Introduction0:54 HUNDRED - long hundred, twelfty4:08 THOUSAND - swollen hundred5:29 MYRIAD - how much & how to use it7:19 A friendly interruption7:42 LAKH & CRORE - how much & why8:42 MILLION - origin9:28 MILLIARD - how much, billiard & trilliard11:00 GOOGOL - googolplex, googolplexplex history11:50 GOODBYE