migero

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mīlliārium (“mile, milestone”), from mīlle (“one thousand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈʒe.ɾo]

Noun

migero m (plural migeros)

1. Roman mile
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, f. 17v.

     Et çerca daq́lla yſla que es aſſi llamada ay logar poro pueden yr a pie doze migeros por la oriella dela mar.

     And near the island with that name there is a place where they can go twelve miles on foot by the seashore.

   • Idem, Lapidario, f. 83v.

     […] ¬ dond ell comiença a correr faſta do entra en la mar, a dozientos migeros.

     […] and from where it starts running to where it enters the sea, there are two hundred miles.

Related terms

• mil / mill (“one thousand”)

Descendants

• Spanish: mijero