Where does “mille” come from?

mille (Middle French) comes from Old French mile, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mille (Middle French): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “mille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmileone thousand
2LatinMīllethousand; 1000
3Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →