Where does “miljontal” come from?
miljontal (Swedish) comes from Swedish miljon, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.
miljontal (Swedish): million, millions
Definitions
- million, millions
Ancestry of “miljontal”, step by step
miljontal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish miljon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | miljon | A million, 10 |
| 2 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 3 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Old French | millon | — |
| 5 | Italian | milione | million |
| 6 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 7 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via Swedish tal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tal | number; An exercise involving calculations given... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tal | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |