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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
- Latinmīlle
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂et-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂etnós
- Proto-Italic*atnos?
- Latinannus
- Latinannīs
- Latinmīllennis
- Late Latinmīllennium
- English todaymillennium
From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).
Words from the same roots
Late Latinmīllennium all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.