Yearthousand
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 millennium (a thousand-year timespan) rare
"Because, according to the peculiar chronology of the oriental Jews, the sixth millenium or year-thousand after the creation expired in 1810."
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More examples"Because, according to the peculiar chronology of the oriental Jews, the sixth millenium or year-thousand after the creation expired in 1810."
Etymology
From year + thousand, a calque of either Latin millennium (from mīllennis, “thousand-year”), or, more probably, of a Germanic-language term (most likely from German); compare Dutch jaarduizend, German Jahrtausend, Norwegian årtusen, Icelandic árþúsund, and Swedish årtusende, all meaning “millennium” and being composed of the cognates (sisterwords) of English year and thousand.
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