Where does “my” come from?

my (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mim, from Portuguese mi, from Latin mira — inflection of mīrus: ## nominative/vocative...

my (Portuguese): Obsolete form of mim

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of mim

Ancestry of “my”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemimfirst-person singular prepositional pronoun; used...
2Portuguesemimi; Obsolete form of mim
3Latinmirainflection of mīrus: ## nominative/vocative...
Every word from Latin mira →Every word from Portuguese mi →Every word from Portuguese mim →