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Where does “mia” come from?

mia (Italian) comes from Italian mio, from Old Italian meo, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

mia (Italian): feminine singular of mio; of mine

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of mio; of mine

Ancestry of “mia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmiomy; of mine; mine; mine; the thing belonging to...
2Old Italianmeo—
3Latinmeusmy, mine
4Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “mia”

  • mamma mia
  • mamma mia
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