Where does “millionaire” come from?
Millionaire comes from French millionnaire, formed with the French suffix -aire (from Latin -arius and -arium), ultimately from Latin mille meaning thousand.
millionaire (English): A person whose net worth is at or greater than...
Definitions
- A person whose net worth is at or greater than...
Ancestry of “millionaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | millionnaire | millionaire; Very rich |
| 2 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 3 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Old French | millon | — |
| 5 | Italian | milione | million |
| 6 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 7 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
Words derived from “millionaire”
- millionaires
- multimillionaire
- millionairess
- millionairedom
- megamillionaire
- centimillionaire
- nonmillionaire
- millionheiress
- millionairehood
- -aire
- millionerd
- optionaire
- spillionaire
- oilionaire
- shaleionaire
- pentamillionaire
- decamillionaire
- cryptomillionaire
- hectomillionaire
- millionaireship
- millionairish
- millionairism
- millionheir
- nillionaire