Where does “mi” come from?

mi (Middle French) comes from Old French mi, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

mi (Middle French): middle

Definitions

  1. middle

Ancestry of “mi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmihalf, half way; me; middle
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus
5Proto-Italicstlokos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mi

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-