Where does “chiloton” come from?
chiloton (Italian) comes from Italian chilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
chiloton (Italian): kiloton
Ancestry of “chiloton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | chilo- | kilo-; chylo- |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χίλιοι | thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰehliyoi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |