Where does “mai” come from?

mai (Rapa Nui) comes from Proto-Polynesian mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maʀi — to come.

mai (Rapa Nui): from, since

Definitions

  1. from, since

Ancestry of “mai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmai—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaʀito come
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maʀi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mai →