Where does “mei” come from?

mei (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese *mei, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

mei (Fala): First-person singular possessive determiner; my

Definitions

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner; my

Ancestry of “mei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese*mei—
2Latinmeusmy, mine
3Proto-Italicmeosmy
Every word from Proto-Italic meos →Every word from Latin meus →Every word from Old Portuguese *mei →