Where does “mill” come from?
Mill comes from Old English mylen, from Proto-Germanic mulīnō, from Latin millesimum, a device for grinding grain into flour.
mill (English): A grinding apparatus for substances such as...
Definitions
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as...
Ancestry of “mill”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mille | — |
| 2 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | — |
| 4 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 5 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
Words derived from “mill”