miles
The origin and history of miles.
Etymology
An informal extension of the noun mile (from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia, "a thousand paces") — the sense of physical distance stretched into a figure of speech for "by a wide margin."
The origin and history of miles.
An informal extension of the noun mile (from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia, "a thousand paces") — the sense of physical distance stretched into a figure of speech for "by a wide margin."
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