Where does “mi” come from?
mi (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish mí, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
mi (Papiamentu): I, me, my
Ancestry of “mi”, step by step
mi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish mí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mí | me |
| 2 | Latin | mihi | dative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me |
| 3 | Latin | egō | I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Kabuverdianu mi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | mi | I, me, my |
| 2 | Portuguese | mim | first-person singular prepositional pronoun; used... |
| 3 | Portuguese | mi | mi; Obsolete form of mim |
| 4 | Latin | mira | inflection of mīrus:
## nominative/vocative... |