myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of mil

Etymology of the Portuguese word mil

the Portuguese word mil

derived from the Latin word mille (thousand; thousand; a thousand; thousand; thousands)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gheslo

Danish mille, Dutch mijl, Dutch mille, English millet, English mile, French millet, French mille, German Meile, German Mille, Icelandic míla, Italian miglio, Italian mille, Latin milium, Latin mille, Lithuanian mylia, Norwegian mille, Polish mila, Russian миля, Spanish mil, Swedish mil