"group of 1,000" (of the same sort), 1590s; "period of a thousand years" (1660s), from Latinized form of Greek khiliados, from khilioi "a thousand; the number 1,000" (see chiliasm). Related: Chiliadal, chiliadic.
childlike
child-proof
children
Chile
chili
chiliad
chiliasm
chill
chilly
chime
chimenea