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

  1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as...

Ancestry of “mill”, step by step

mill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmille—
2Old Englishmylenmill
3Proto-West Germanic*mulīnumill
4Latinmolīna—
5Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Middle English milne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmilne—

Words derived from “mill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →