Where does “minha” come from?

minha (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mĩa, from Latin mea, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

minha (Portuguese): Feminine singular form of possessive meu

Definitions

  1. Feminine singular form of possessive meu

Ancestry of “minha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemĩa—
2Latinmeanominative feminine singular of meus; nominative...
3Latinmeusmy, mine
4Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “minha”

Every word from Proto-Italic meos →Every word from Latin meus →Every word from Latin mea →