Etymology of the French word millet
the Old French word
milletderived from the French word
milderived from the Latin word
milium (millet; thousands)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*melə-Date
The earliest known usage of millet in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
milletCognates
Danish
mille, Dutch
mijl, Dutch
mille, English
millet, English
mile, French
mille, German
Meile, German
Mille, Icelandic
míla, Italian
miglio, Italian
mille, Latin
milium, Latin
mille, Lithuanian
mylia, Norwegian
mille, Polish
mila, Portuguese
mil, Russian
миля, Spanish
mil, Swedish
milUsage
Word found in Old French
