Where does “mi” come from?

mi (Haitian Creole) comes from French mûr, from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mi (Haitian Creole): ripe, mature

Definitions

  1. ripe, mature

Ancestry of “mi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmûrmatured, ripe; mature
2Middle Frenchmurwall
3Old Frenchmurwall
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →