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

Definitions

  1. my; mine; man; dude

Ancestry of “meu”, step by step

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