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Where does “mismo” come from?

mismo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin metipsimus, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.

mismo (Spanish): same; identical; one and the same; similar;...

Definitions

  1. same; identical; one and the same; similar;...

Ancestry of “mismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmesmo—
2Vulgar Latinmetipsimussame
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)peso—

Words derived from “mismo”

  • mismo
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