Where does “treadmill” come from?
treadmill (English) comes from English Mill, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
treadmill (English): A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to...
Definitions
- A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to...
Ancestry of “treadmill”, step by step
treadmill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English tread
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tread | To step or walk (on or across something); to trample |
| 2 | Middle English | treden | To place one's foot on something; to lay a step... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |