Where does “mexo” come from?

mexo (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.

mexo (Galician): piss, urine

Definitions

  1. piss, urine

Ancestry of “mexo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mexo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic meiɣjō →Every word from Latin meiō →