Where does “millennium” come from?

millennium (Late Latin) comes 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.

millennium (Late Latin): millennium

Definitions

  1. millennium

Ancestry of “millennium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-enniumforming periods of years
2Latin-ennis—
3Latinannusyear; time; season
4Proto-Italicatnosyear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “millennium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no- →Every word from Proto-Italic atnos →