Where does “mille-pattes” come from?
mille-pattes (French) comes from French mille, from Middle French mille, from Old French mile, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
mille-pattes (French): millipede
Ancestry of “mille-pattes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | mille | thousand, a thousand, one thousand; thousand;... |
| 2 | Middle French | mille | thousand |
| 3 | Old French | mile | one thousand |
| 4 | Latin | Mīlle | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |