Where does “thousand” come from?

Thousand comes from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-.

thousand (English): A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10

Definitions

  1. A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10

Ancestry of “thousand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
2Old Englishþūsendthousand
3Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
4Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “thousand”

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