Where does “millhand” come from?

millhand (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.

millhand (English): A worker in a mill

Definitions

  1. A worker in a mill

Ancestry of “millhand”, step by step

millhand 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 Hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHandThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals
2Middle Englishhondhand; Alternative form of hound
3Old EnglishhandA hand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂