English
kiloyear
From kilo- + year.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi ‘thousand’
Ancient Greek χίλιοι ‘one thousand’
English kilo-
Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year; growing season’
Proto-Germanic *jērą ‘year’
Proto-West Germanic *jār ‘year’
Old English ġēar ‘year’
Middle English yeer
English year
Today it means
noun Synonym of millennium: A period of one thousand years.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kiloyear