Ancient Greek origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Ancient Greek Μίλων (Mílōn).
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- Wiktionary: MiloneCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Ancient Greek roots
/miˈlo.ne/ · Italian
01 / Meaning & origin
Milone is a masculine given name documented in Italian. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Μίλων.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίλων (Mílōn).
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04 / Through time
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Milone— “crusher”
Here, too, must be mentioned Milone, though its connection with the subject is only through Milon, the famous Greek wrestler of Crotona, who carried a heifer through the Stadium at Olympia, and afterwards ate her up in a single meal; killed a bull with one stroke of his fist; and finally, was caught by the hands in the recoil of a riven oak, and there imprisoned till eaten by the wolves. Michaelis thinks the root of the word is the same with that of the old German verb…
Here, too, must be mentioned Milone, though its connection with the subject is only through Milon, the famous Greek wrestler of Crotona, who carried a heifer through the Stadium at Olympia, and afterwards ate her up in a single meal; killed a bull with one stroke of his fist; and finally, was caught by the hands in the recoil of a riven oak, and there imprisoned till eaten by the wolves. Michaelis thinks the root of the word is the same with that of the old German verb _milan_, to beat or crush, the relation of our _mills_. Thence may likewise have come the Latin _Miles_, and the Keltic _Milidh_, both meaning a warrior.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section IX (Names connected with the Constitution.—Laos, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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