English
dollaraire
Dollaraire comes from French millionnaire ‘millionaire’, from Italian mille ‘thousand, one thousand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smīɣeslī1‘thousand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlle1‘thousand’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmille1‘thousand, one thousand’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmilione1‘million’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400million1
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600million1‘million, 10⁶’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmillion1‘million (10⁶)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmillionnaire1‘millionaire’
- English1500–presentmillionaire1
- Englishearliest quotation 1906dollaraire1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English dollaraire
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1906, William Harrison De Puy, The Methodist Year-book: “They have no millionaires, very few thousandaires, more hundredaires,…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Wiktionary, English dollarairereconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smīɣeslīWiktionary, English dollaraire‘thousand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlleWiktionary, English dollaraire‘thousand’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmilleWiktionary, English dollaraire‘thousand, one thousand’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmilioneWiktionary, English dollaraire‘million’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400millionWiktionary, English dollaraire
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600millionWiktionary, English dollaraire‘million, 10⁶’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmillionWiktionary, English dollaraire‘million (10⁶)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmillionnaireWiktionary, English dollaraire‘millionaire’
- English1500–presentmillionaireWiktionary, English dollaraire
- Englishearliest quotation 1906dollaraireWiktionary, English dollaraire. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1906, William Harrison De Puy, The Methodist Year-book: “They have no millionaires, very few thousandaires, more hundredaires,…”
A compound of *sm̥- ‘one’ + *-h₂ + *-ih₂ + *smih₂ + *ǵʰes- ‘hand’ + *ǵʰéslom ‘thousand’ + *-ih₂ + *ǵʰéslih₂
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- ‘one’
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- ‘one’
Proto-Indo-European *smih₂
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- ‘one’
Proto-Indo-European *smih₂
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ‘thousand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ‘thousand’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂
Linked words
through Latin mīlle ‘thousand’
through Middle French million ‘million, 10⁶’
through French million ‘million (10⁶)’
billion, yard, billiard, 1 more
through French millionnaire ‘millionaire’
Today it means
noun Somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dollaraire”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ / dollaraire