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Where does “meesmo” come from?

meesmo (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin metipsimus, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.

Ancestry of “meesmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmetipsimussame
2Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
3Proto-Italic*e(s)peso—

Words derived from “meesmo”

  • mesmo
  • mesmo
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