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Where does “meus” come from?

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

meus (Latin): my, mine

Definitions

  1. my, mine

Ancestry of “meus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “meus”

  • ma'am
  • madam
  • Messrs.
  • monsieur
  • madame
  • permeable
  • mademoiselle
  • permeate
  • Monsignor
  • monseigneur
  • impermeable
  • meatus
  • meum
  • messieurs
  • marm
  • semipermeable
  • schoolmarm
  • conge
  • permease
  • memsahib
  • permeant
  • congee
  • schoolma'am
  • permeative
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