Where does “mano miriona” come from?
mano miriona (Maori) comes from Maori miriona, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
Ancestry of “mano miriona”, step by step
mano miriona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Maori miriona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maori | miriona | — |
| 2 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 3 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |