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Where does “ミレニアム” come from?

ミレニアム (Japanese) comes from English millennium, from Late Latin millennium, from Latin -ennium, from Latin -ennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

ミレニアム (Japanese): a millennium

Definitions

  1. a millennium

Ancestry of “ミレニアム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmillenniumA period of time consisting of one thousand...
2Late Latinmillenniummillennium
3Latin-enniumforming periods of years
4Latin-ennis—
5Latinannusyear; time; season
6Proto-Italicatnosyear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass
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