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Where does “mį̀yo'óna” come from?

mį̀yo'óna (Taos) comes from Spanish milla, from English mile, from Middle English myle, from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

mį̀yo'óna (Taos): mile

Definitions

  1. mile

Ancestry of “mį̀yo'óna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmillamile
2EnglishmileThe international mile: a unit of length...
3Middle Englishmylemile; The time it takes to walk a mile;...
4Old Englishmīlmillet; mile
5Latinmīlia—
6Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
7LatinMīlle—
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →