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Where does “mêgo” come from?

mêgo (Ligurian) comes from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mêgo (Ligurian): medical; doctor, physician; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. medical; doctor, physician; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “mêgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,...
2LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
3Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mêgo”

  • mêghétto
  • mêgón
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