Mile

Morpheme

Mile

Type

free base

Denotation

unit of linear measure, literally thousand

Etymology

Middle English myle, mile; Old English mīl; Latin mīlia, mīllia, from mīle, mīlle, from mīlle passūs

Evidence

kilomile, mile, mileage, milecastle, milelong, milepost, miles, milestone, mileway, milewide, milometer, negamile, postmile