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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

  1. millennial, thousand-year-old; millennium

Ancestry of “millénaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmillenariuscontaining a thousand
2Latinmīllēnus—
3LatinMīlle—
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “millénaire”

  • millénarisme
  • millénariste
  • millénairement
  • bimillénaire
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