Where does “marmejlo” come from?

marmejlo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mejlo, from German Meile, from Middle High German mīle, from Old High German mīla, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

marmejlo (Esperanto): nautical mile

Definitions

  1. nautical mile

Ancestry of “marmejlo”, step by step

marmejlo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto mejlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomejlomile
2GermanMeilemile; league
3Middle High Germanmīle—
4Old High Germanmīlamile
5Latinmīlia—
6Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Esperanto maro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomarosea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →