Where does “mille” come from?

mille (Italian) comes from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mille (Italian): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “mille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMīllethousand; 1000
2Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →