Etymology

myria-

Today it means: innumerable: myriad, myriapod Full definition →

French myria- ← Ancient Greek μυρίος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμυρίος“ten thousand”
  2. French · borrowed frommyria-
  3. English todaymyria-

From French myria-, ultimately from Ancient Greek μυρίος (muríos, “ten thousand”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμυρίος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.