Where does “miliwn” come from?

miliwn (Welsh) comes from Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

miliwn (Welsh): million

Definitions

  1. million

Ancestry of “miliwn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmiliounThe cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand
2Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Old Frenchmillon—
4Italianmilionemillion
5Italianmillethousand
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →