Where does “milionari” come from?

milionari (Catalan) comes from Catalan milió, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

milionari (Catalan): big money

Definitions

  1. big money

Ancestry of “milionari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmiliómillion; 10; 1,000,000
2Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Old Frenchmillon—
4Italianmilionemillion
5Italianmillethousand
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “milionari”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →