Where does “mil” come from?

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

mil (Réunion Creole French): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “mil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmillethousand, a thousand, one thousand; thousand;...
2Middle Frenchmillethousand
3Old Frenchmileone thousand
4LatinMīllethousand; 1000
5Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →