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

  1. A person whose net worth is at or greater than...

Ancestry of “millionaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmillionnairemillionaire; Very rich
2Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Old Frenchmillon
5Italianmilionemillion
6Italianmillethousand
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Words derived from “millionaire

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle