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Where does “millennium” come from?

Millennium comes from Late Latin millennium, derived from Latin mille meaning "thousand" and Latin annus meaning "year," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- meaning "to go."

millennium (English): A period of time consisting of one thousand...

Definitions

  1. A period of time consisting of one thousand...

Ancestry of “millennium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmillenniummillennium
2Latin-enniumforming periods of years
3Latin-ennis—
4Latinannusyear; time; season
5Proto-Italicatnosyear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “millennium”

  • millennia
  • millennial
  • millennialism
  • premillennial
  • premillennialism
  • millennialist
  • postmillennial
  • postmillennialism
  • amillennialism
  • millennially
  • postmillennium
  • multimillennial
  • submillennial
  • premillennially
  • decamillennial
  • quadrimillennial
  • ミレニアム
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