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Where does “waukmill” come from?

waukmill (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.

waukmill (English): Alternative form of waulkmill

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of waulkmill

Ancestry of “waukmill”, step by step

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