Where does “millerite” come from?
millerite (English) comes from English Miller, from Old English myllere, from Middle English mylnere, from Norwegian Nynorsk mylne, from Old Norse mylna, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
millerite (English): A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as...
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- A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as...
Ancestry of “millerite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Miller | — |
| 2 | Old English | myllere | — |
| 3 | Middle English | mylnere | — |
| 4 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mylne | mill |
| 5 | Old Norse | mylna | — |
| 6 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | — |
| 8 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 9 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |