Where does “mes” come from?

mes (Tagalog) comes from Spanish mes, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mes (Tagalog): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmesmonth
2Latinmēnsismonth
3Proto-Italicmēnsis—
4Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →