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Where does “mio” come from?

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

mio (Italian): my; of mine; mine; mine; the thing belonging to...

Definitions

  1. my; of mine; mine; mine; the thing belonging to...

Ancestry of “mio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianmeo—
2Latinmeusmy, mine
3Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “mio”

  • mamma mia
  • mie
  • mamma mia
  • mia
  • meo
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