Where does “미” come from?
미 (Korean) comes from Chinese 米, from Chinese 米突, from English metre, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
미 (Korean): beauty; the U.S.; the Americas; third note of the...
Definitions
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Ancestry of “미”, step by step
미 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 米
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 米 | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 米突 | metre unit of length |
| 3 | English | metre | The basic unit of length in the International... |
| 4 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Italian mi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mi | me; The third note, mi; E |
| 2 | Latin | mihi | dative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me |
| 3 | Latin | egō | I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Chinese 未
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 未 | — |