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
- sawmill
Ancestry of “somil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sawmill | A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone |
| 2 | English | Mill | John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher |
| 3 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 4 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |