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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | mwen | I; me |
| 2 | French | moi | me; to me; ego |
| 3 | Middle French | moy | me |
| 4 | Old French | moi | me |
| 5 | Latin | mē | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |