Where does “Italian mile” come from?

Italian mile (English) comes from Italian miglio, from Italian miglia, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

Italian mile (English): Various traditional Italian units of length,...

Definitions

  1. Various traditional Italian units of length,...

Ancestry of “Italian mile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmigliothe Italian mile, a traditional unit of length...
2Italianmigliaplural of miglio
3Latinmīlia
4Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
5LatinMīllethousand; 1000
6Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle
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