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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
- Italianmille
- Italianmilione
- Old Frenchmillion
- Middle Frenchmillion
- Middle Englishmilioun
- English todaymillion
Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.
Words from the same roots
Latinmille all →
milleporemilli-millifold
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.