Where does “me” come from?

me (Asturian) comes from Latin mē, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

me (Asturian): me first-person singular direct pronoun

Definitions

  1. me first-person singular direct pronoun

Ancestry of “me”, step by step

me traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēme, myself
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Vulgar Latin *mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Latin mē →