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mil m. (Cardinal Number) "thousand" 12th cent. Old Spanish mill. From Latin mille 'id.' From Proto-Italic *smīχeslī 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *sm-i̯h₂-ǵ^hes-l-i̯h₂ 'id.' From *sem- "one" and *ǵ^hes-lo- "great quantity" or "thousand." Indo-European Romance Portuguese mil, Galician mil, Catalan mil, French mille, Italian mille, Aromanian njilje, Romanian milli, Sardinian mila Hellenic Ancient Greek χῑ́λιοι (k^hílioi) "thousand" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit sahásra- "having one thousand," Avestan hazaŋra- 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.