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Where does “somil” come from?

somil (Tok Pisin) comes from English sawmill, from English Mill, from English million, from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

somil (Tok Pisin): sawmill

Definitions

  1. sawmill

Ancestry of “somil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsawmillA machine, building or company used for cutting ...
2EnglishMill—
3EnglishmillionThe cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand...
4Middle Englishmilioun—
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →