Where does “mille” come from?

mille (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mille (Latin): thousand; 1000

Definitions

  1. thousand; 1000

Ancestry of “mille”, step by step

mille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic smīɣeslī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Proto-Indo-European (sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-—

Words derived from “mille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →