mil

mil

‘a unit of length equal to one thousandth (10^–3) of an inch’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. mill < Lat. mille‘thousand’ < mil < Tamil āyiram

kilo-

kilobyte

kilocalorie

kilocycle

kilogram

kilojoule

kilolitre

kilometre

kiloton

kilowatt

chiliad

chiliasm

billion

billionaire

milli-

millibar

million

milligram

milliliter

millimeter

millisecond

millionfold

millionth

millionaire

milfoil

mill

milliard

millenary

millenarian

millipede

millennium

quintillion

septillion

sextillion

trillion