Where does “millionaires” come from?

Millionaires comes from French millionnaire, formed with the French suffix -aire (from Latin -arium and -arius), ultimately from Latin mille meaning thousand.

millionaires (English): plural of millionaire

Definitions

  1. plural of millionaire

Ancestry of “millionaires”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmillionaireA person whose net worth is at or greater than...
2Frenchmillionnairemillionaire; Very rich
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle