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Where does “permear” come from?

permear (Spanish) comes from Latin permeo, from Latin meo, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic meos — my.

permear (Spanish): to permeate

Definitions

  1. to permeate

Ancestry of “permear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpermeoI pass through, traverse; I penetrate, pervade
2LatinmeoI go along, pass or traverse; dative masculine...
3Latinmeusmy, mine
4Proto-Italicmeosmy
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