The story
- Latin · derived frommīlia“Roman mile”
- Spanish · borrowed frommilla“Spanish mile”
- English todaymilla
From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.