English
milla
Milla comes from Spanish milla ‘Spanish mile’, and goes back to Latin mīlle ‘1000’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlle‘1000’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlia‘Roman mile’plural of mīlle
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmilla‘Spanish mile’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlle‘1000’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlia‘Roman mile’plural of mīlle
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmilla‘Spanish mile’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
From Spanish milla (‘Spanish mile’), from Latin mīlia (‘Roman mile’), plural of mīlle (‘1000’) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces.
Linked words
through Latin mīlle ‘1000’
million, yard, billion, billiard, 11 more
through Latin mīlia ‘Roman mile’
Today it means
noun Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mīlle / milla