chiliad
‘a group that contains 1,000 elements’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
(Latinized form of) Gk. khiliados < khilioi ‘a thousand; the number 1,000’ < kili < gheslo- < Tamil āyiram
chiliad
‘a group that contains 1,000 elements’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
(Latinized form of) Gk. khiliados < khilioi ‘a thousand; the number 1,000’ < kili < gheslo- < Tamil āyiram