Etymology

-aire

Today it means: One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency. Full definition →

French millionnaire
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frommillionnaire
  2. English today-aire

Rebracketing of millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmillionnaire all →

millionaire

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.