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Where does “meant” come from?

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

meant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “meant”, step by step

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