Where does “millénaire” come from?
millénaire (French) comes from Latin millenarius, from Latin mīllēnus, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
millénaire (French): millennial, thousand-year-old; millennium
Definitions
- millennial, thousand-year-old; millennium
Ancestry of “millénaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | millenarius | containing a thousand |
| 2 | Latin | mīllēnus | one thousand each; one thousand at a time |
| 3 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |