mil

Portuguese

/miɫ/, /miw/

cardinal
Definitions
  • one thousand; a thousand; 1000
  • (somewhat) thousands of very many

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese mil inherited from Latin mīlle (thousand) inherited from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂, *ǵʰéslom (one thousand).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂, *ǵʰéslom

Gloss

one thousand

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