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Where does “seat-mile” come from?

seat-mile (English) comes from English mile, from Middle English myle, from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

seat-mile (English): A unit of measure of passenger carrying capacity,...

Definitions

  1. A unit of measure of passenger carrying capacity,...

Ancestry of “seat-mile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmileThe international mile: a unit of length...
2Middle Englishmylemile; The time it takes to walk a mile;...
3Old Englishmīlmillet; mile
4Latinmīlia—
5Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
6LatinMīlle—
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →