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Where does “Me” come from?

Me (French) comes from Middle French me, from Old French me, from Latin mē, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Me (French): Abbreviation of Maître, a title given to lawyers...

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of Maître, a title given to lawyers...

Ancestry of “Me”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmeme, "first-person singular object pronoun"; to...
2Old Frenchmemyself; me; to me
3Latinmē—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →