Where does “nou-mem” come from?
nou-mem (Mauritian Creole) comes from Mauritian Creole nou, from French nous, from Middle French nous, from Old French nous, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
nou-mem (Mauritian Creole): ourselves first-person plural reflexive pronoun
Definitions
- ourselves first-person plural reflexive pronoun
Ancestry of “nou-mem”, step by step
nou-mem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mauritian Creole nou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritian Creole | nou | we; us |
| 2 | French | nous | The plural personal pronoun in the first person;... |
| 3 | Middle French | nous | we; ourselves |
| 4 | Old French | nous | Alternative form of nos |
| 5 | Latin | nōs | we, us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nōs | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Mauritian Creole mem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritian Creole | mem | same; even |
| 2 | French | même | even; same; very |
| 3 | Middle French | mesme | same; even |
| 4 | Old French | mesme | same; used for emphasis |
| 5 | Old French | meïsme | Alternative form of mesme |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | metipsimus | same |
| 7 | Latin | ipse | himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *e(s)peso | himself, herself, itself |