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Where does “means” come from?

means (Latin) comes from Latin meo, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

means (Latin): going along, passing, traversing

Definitions

  1. going along, passing, traversing

Ancestry of “means”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmeoI go along, pass or traverse; dative masculine...
2Latinmeusmy, mine
3Proto-Italicmeosmy
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