Where does “millionerd” come from?
millionerd (English) comes from English millionaire, from French millionnaire, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
millionerd (English): A wealthy nerd, especially one whose fortune was...
Definitions
- A wealthy nerd, especially one whose fortune was...
Ancestry of “millionerd”, step by step
millionerd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English millionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | millionaire | A person whose net worth is at or greater than... |
| 2 | French | millionnaire | millionaire; Very rich |
| 3 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via English nerd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 2 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 3 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 4 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 5 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 6 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |