Where does “mexamorno” come from?

mexamorno (Galician) comes from Galician mexar, from Old Portuguese mejar, from Vulgar Latin meiare, from Latin meiō, from Proto-Italic meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- — to urinate.

mexamorno (Galician): affected, artificial person; meek person

Definitions

  1. affected, artificial person; meek person

Ancestry of “mexamorno”, step by step

mexamorno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician mexar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmexarto piss; to discharge as or with the urine
2Old Portuguesemejar
3Vulgar Latinmeiare
4Latinmeiōto urinate
5Proto-Italicmeiɣjō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meyǵʰ-to urinate

via Galician morno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmornoreserved, kept; lukewarm, tepid
2Old Frenchmornegloomy
3Frankishmurn
4Proto-Germanicmurnazworried; heavy-laden; sorrowful; dreary
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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