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Where does “m'” come from?

m' (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole mwen, from French moi, from Middle French moy, from Old French moi, from Latin mē, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “m'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian CreolemwenI; me
2Frenchmoime; to me; ego
3Middle Frenchmoyme
4Old Frenchmoime
5Latinmē—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
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