Where does “millennial” come from?
Millennial derives from English millennium, from Latin mille meaning thousand, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- meaning year.
millennial (English): Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event...
Definitions
- Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event...
Ancestry of “millennial”, step by step
millennial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin millennium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | millennium | millennium |
| 2 | Latin | -ennium | forming periods of years |
| 3 | Latin | -ennis | — |
| 4 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |
via Latin millennium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | millennium | millennium |
| 2 | Latin | mīllennis | — |
Words derived from “millennial”
- millennialism
- premillennial
- premillennialism
- millennialist
- postmillennial
- postmillennialism
- coronial
- amillennialism
- millennially
- multimillennial
- submillennial
- premillennially
- quadrimillennial
- xennial
- millennial
- amillennialist
- millénial
- amillennial
- antemillennial
- intermillennial
- millenopause
- milliberal
- semimillennial
- Zillennial