Where does “miriade” come from?
miriade (Italian) comes from Italian Ade, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
miriade (Italian): myriad
Ancestry of “miriade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Ade | Hades |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ᾍδης | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |