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Where does “treadmiller” come from?

treadmiller (English) comes from English treadmill, from English Mill, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

treadmiller (English): A person who uses or is on a treadmill

Definitions

  1. A person who uses or is on a treadmill

Ancestry of “treadmiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreadmillA piece of indoor sporting equipment used to...
2EnglishMill—
3EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
4Middle Englishmilioun—
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →