One
million (1,000,000) or one
thousand thousand is the
natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early
Italian millione (
milione in modern Italian), from
mille, "
thousand", plus the
augmentative suffix
-one. It is commonly abbreviated as
m or
M; further
MM ("thousand thousands", from Latin "Mille"; not to be confused with the
Roman numeral MM = 2,000),
mm, or
mn in financial contexts.