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

mon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin mum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmum—
2Latinmēuman umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum
3Ancient Greekμῆονbaldmoney, spignel
4Ancient Greekμεῖονinflection of μείων : ## masculine accusative...

via Latin mundus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

Words derived from “mon”

Every word from Ancient Greek μεῖον →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆον →Every word from Latin mēum →