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Where does “mon” come from?

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

mon (Old Occitan): my; world

Definitions

  1. my; world

Ancestry of “mon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmum—
2Latinmēum—
3Ancient Greekμῆονbaldmoney, spignel
4Ancient Greekμεῖονinflection of μείων : ## masculine accusative...

Words derived from “mon”

  • mon
  • mos
  • món
  • ma
  • mon
  • mosenhor
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