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Where does “mon” come from?

mon (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan mon, from Vulgar Latin mum, from Latin mēum, from Ancient Greek μῆον, from Ancient Greek μεῖον — inflection of μείων : ## masculine accusative...

mon (Occitan): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “mon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmonmy; world
2Vulgar Latinmum—
3Latinmēum—
4Ancient Greekμῆονbaldmoney, spignel
5Ancient Greekμεῖονinflection of μείων : ## masculine accusative...
Every word from Ancient Greek μεῖον →