Etymograph

English

milliary

Milliary comes from Latin mīlliārium ‘milestone’, from mīlle ‘thousand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smīɣeslī‘thousand’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlle‘thousand’by way of Latin mīlliārius
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlliārium‘milestone’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1644milliary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smīɣeslī‘thousand’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlle‘thousand’by way of Latin mīlliārius
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlliārium‘milestone’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1644milliary

Earliest quotation: 1644, [Diary entry for November 1644]: “A milliary column, from whence they used to compute…”

Linked words

through Latin mīlle ‘thousand’

yard, billion, mile, billiard, milla, 11 more

Today it means

noun A milestone.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ / milliary

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