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Where does “millenario” come from?

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

millenario (Italian): millennial; ancient, age-old; millennium

Definitions

  1. millennial; ancient, age-old; millennium

Ancestry of “millenario”, step by step

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

Words derived from “millenario”

  • bimillenario
  • millenarista
  • millenaristico
  • plurimillenario
  • trimillenario
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