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Where does “millénaire” come from?

millénaire (Norman) comes from Latin millenarius, from Latin mīllēnus, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

millénaire (Norman): millennium

Definitions

  1. millennium

Ancestry of “millénaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmillenariuscontaining a thousand
2Latinmīllēnus—
3LatinMīlle—
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →