Where does “meu” come from?
meu (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.
meu (Galician): my; mine; man; dude
Ancestry of “meu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | meu | — |
| 2 | Latin | meus | my, mine |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | meos | my |