Where does “millrun” come from?
millrun (English) comes from English run, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
millrun (English): Synonym of mill race
Definitions
- Synonym of mill race
Ancestry of “millrun”, step by step
millrun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English run
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | run | To move swiftly; To flow; To sail before the... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Mill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mill | John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher |
| 2 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 3 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 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 | — |