English word million comes from Latin mille passus, Latin mille passuum, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-lo-, Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-, Italian -one, and later Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom (Thousand.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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mille passus | Latin (lat) | A Roman mile of 8 stadia; 1,000 ; or 5,000 pedēs, approximately 4,854 English feet. |
mille passuum | Latin (lat) | |
*ǵʰes- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*ǵʰes-lo- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
-one | Italian (ita) | An augmentative suffix, used to indicate largeness or importance. (organic chemistry) ketone. (physics) -on (particle). |
*ǵʰéslom | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | Thousand. |
*sm-ih₂-ǵʰés-l-ih₂ | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*smīɣeslī | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
mile | Latin (lat) | |
mille | Italian (ita) | (cardinal) thousand Thousand. |
milione | Italian (ita) | Million. |
million | English (eng) | (long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106. |