Where does “milio” come from?

milio (Esperanto) comes from Latin milium, from Proto-Italic meljom, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

milio (Esperanto): millet

Definitions

  1. millet

Ancestry of “milio”, step by step

milio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin milium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmiliummillet; genitive plural of mīlle
2Proto-Italicmeljom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Latin mīlia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmīlia—
2Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
3LatinMīllethousand; 1000
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “milio”

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