Where does “mí” come from?

mí (Spanish) comes from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

mí (Spanish): me

Definitions

  1. me

Ancestry of “mí”, step by step

mí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mihi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
2LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Latin meus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeusmy, mine
2Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “mí”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →