Where does “milă” come from?
milă (Romanian) comes from Polish miła, from Middle High German mīle, from Old High German mīla, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
milă (Romanian): compassion, mercifulness, pity; mile
Definitions
- compassion, mercifulness, pity; mile
Ancestry of “milă”, step by step
milă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish miła
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | miła | mile |
| 2 | Middle High German | mīle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mīla | mile |
| 4 | Latin | mīlia | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mīliju | mile |
| 6 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via Greek μίλι
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | μίλι | mile |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μίλιον | Roman mile |
| 3 | Latin | mille passus | a Roman mile of 8 stadium; 1,000 passūs; or 5,000 pes, approximately 4,854 English feet |
| 4 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 5 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |