Etymology

permyriad

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Today it means: One out of every ten thousand (myriad); one percent of one percent. Full definition →

English myriad ← French myriade ← Late Latin mȳria
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Englishper
  6. Ancient Greekμῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os)
  7. Ancient Greekμῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)
  8. Late Latinmȳria
  9. Frenchmyriade
  10. Englishmyriad
  11. English todaypermyriad

From per + myriad.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.