Where does “mieu” come from?

mieu (Asturian) comes from Latin metus — fear, dread; anxiety, awe.

mieu (Asturian): fear

Definitions

  1. fear

Ancestry of “mieu”, step by step

mieu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin metus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmetusfear, dread; anxiety, awe

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese
Every word from Latin metus
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