Where does “mil millones” come from?

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

mil millones (Spanish): one billion

Definitions

  1. one billion

Ancestry of “mil millones”, step by step

mil millones traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish mil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmilthousand
2Old Spanishmilthousand
3LatinMīllethousand; 1000
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Spanish millions

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmillions—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →