Where does “milfulles” come from?
milfulles (Catalan) comes from Latin millefolium, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
milfulles (Catalan): common yarrow
Definitions
- common yarrow
Ancestry of “milfulles”, step by step
milfulles traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin millefolium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | millefolium | — |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Catalan mil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | mil | API m or f; thousand |
| 2 | Old Catalan | mil | — |
| 3 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |