Where does “numem” come from?
numem (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.
numem (Mauritian Creole): ourselves
Ancestry of “numem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nōs | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |