Where does “mexa” come from?

mexa (Asturian) comes from Asturian mexar, from Vulgar Latin meiare, from Latin meiō, from Proto-Italic meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- — to urinate.

mexa (Asturian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “mexa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianmexarto urinate
2Vulgar Latinmeiare
3Latinmeiōto urinate
4Proto-Italicmeiɣjō
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meyǵʰ-to urinate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic meiɣjōEvery word from Latin meiō