Where does “treadmilling” come from?
treadmilling (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.
treadmilling (English): The apparent locomotion of certain cellular...
Definitions
- The apparent locomotion of certain cellular...
Ancestry of “treadmilling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treadmill | A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to... |
| 2 | English | Mill | John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher |
| 3 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 4 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |