Etymology

milha

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Today it means: A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used. Full definition →

Portuguese milha ← Latin mīlia ← Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-
  2. Latin · derived frommīlia“Roman mile”
  3. Portuguese · borrowed frommilha“Portuguese mile”
  4. English todaymilha

From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.

Words from the same roots

Latinmīlia all →

milemillamijl

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