Where does “mil” come from?

mil (Old Catalan) comes from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

Ancestry of “mil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMīllethousand; 1000
2Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →