# Origins of 1000 Grand Dollars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-1000-grand-dollars/133852>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 25, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-1000-grand-dollars/133852 "2002-10-25T16:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tree)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-1000-grand-dollars/133852/1 "2002-10-25T16:48:00Z")

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Surely the French word for 1000 had some influence on today’s usage.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-1000-grand-dollars/133852/2 "2002-10-25T21:50:53Z")

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According to this moderately fun quiz for kindergartners, “mille” is French for “1000”. Why would it have anything to do with “grand”?

[http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-french-numbers.cfm](http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-french-numbers.cfm)

And the Staff Report is [What’s the origin of “grand” meaning $1,000?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgrand.html)