Where does “milfoje” come from?
milfoje (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fojo, from French fois, from Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, from Old French feiz, from Latin vicis, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
milfoje (Esperanto): a thousand times
Definitions
- a thousand times
Ancestry of “milfoje”, step by step
milfoje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fojo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fojo | time, occasion |
| 2 | French | fois | time, an instance of something happening; a... |
| 3 | Middle French | foys | time; occasion; occurrence |
| 4 | Old French | foiz | time; instance; occurrence |
| 5 | Old French | feiz | time; instance; occasion |
| 6 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Esperanto mil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mil | thousand |
| 2 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |