Chiliad
/ˈkɪl.i.æd/noun
A group or set of one thousand.
Did you know?Chiliad comes from Greek forms for “a thousand,” the same ancient root behind words like chiliometer and chiliarch, and it entered English through learned classical usage rather than everyday speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵheslo- / *ḱm̥tóm
“Ancient numeral roots connected to counting and quantity”
Ancient Greek
Greek
χίλιοι (khílioi)
“a thousand”
Late Greek
Greek
χιλιάς (khiliás)
“a thousand; a group of a thousand”
16th Century
English
chiliad
“a thousand; a collection or period of a thousand”
Modern English
English
chiliad
“a group or set of one thousand”
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