Where does “whinmill” come from?

whinmill (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.

whinmill (English): A mill for grinding gorse for use as feed for...

Definitions

  1. A mill for grinding gorse for use as feed for...

Ancestry of “whinmill”, step by step

whinmill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMillJohn Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher
2EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
3Middle EnglishmiliounThe cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via English whin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhinGorse; furze; The plant woad-waxen; Whinstone
2Middle EnglishwhynneGorse or a similar plant
3Old Norsehveinswampy land; gorse, furze; swamp, marsh
4Proto-Germanichwainō
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweyn-to make dirty, soil; filth; mud; to soil; mud;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle
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