The story
- French · borrowed frommillier“a thousand, a 1000-ish, 1000 kg”
- English todaymillier
From French millier (“a thousand, a 1000-ish, 1000 kg”), from mille (“thousand”) + -ier (“-er”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
millier
Today it means: Synonym of metric ton, 1000 kg. Full definition →
French millier