Where does “ミル” come from?

ミル (Japanese) comes from Portuguese mil reis, from Portuguese réis, from Portuguese Real, from Latin rēgālis, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

ミル (Japanese): A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck

Definitions

  1. A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck

Ancestry of “ミル”, step by step

ミル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese mil reis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemil reisone thousand reis
2Portugueseréisplural of real
3PortugueseRealtrue, real
4Latinrēgālisregal, royal
5Latinrēxking, ruler
6Proto-Italicrēksking
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via English mil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmilAn angular mil, a unit of angular measurement...
2EnglishmilitaryCharacteristic of members of the armed forces;...
3Old Frenchmilitaire
4LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
5Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
6Latin-ālis
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Italic rēks