Where does “millable” come from?

millable (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.

millable (English): Capable of being milled

Definitions

  1. Capable of being milled

Ancestry of “millable”, step by step

millable 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 able

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
2Middle Englishablecapable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent
3Old Frenchableable; capable
4Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “millable

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle
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