Where does “gristmill” come from?

gristmill (English) comes from English Mill, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

gristmill (English): A mill that grinds grain, especially grain...

Definitions

  1. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain...

Ancestry of “gristmill”, step by step

gristmill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMillJohn Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher
2EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
3Middle EnglishmiliounThe cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via English grist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgristGrain that is to be ground in a mill; A group of...
2Middle Englishgrist—
3Old Englishgristgrinding; a grinding
4Proto-Germanicgredanąto crunch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrew-to grind, rub; to rub, grind; to weep, be sad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →