Where does “mil” come from?

mil (Ilocano) comes from Spanish mil, from Old Spanish mil, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mil (Ilocano): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “mil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmilthousand
2Old Spanishmilthousand
3LatinMīllethousand; 1000
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →