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Where does “miei” come from?

miei (Romanian) comes from Romanian miel, from Romanian mioară, from Romanian mior, from Latin agnelliōlus, from Latin agnellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

miei (Romanian): plural of miel; definite genitive singular of...

Definitions

  1. plural of miel; definite genitive singular of...

Ancestry of “miei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmiellamb; cock, penis
2Romanianmioarăewe lamb
3Romanianmiorlamb of two years
4Latinagnelliōlus—
5Latinagnellusa little lamb, lambkin
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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