Where does “Mês” come from?

Mês (Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan mes, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Mês (Portuguese): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “Mês”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmesmonth
2Latinmēnsismonth
3Proto-Italicmēnsis—
4Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “Mês”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →