English word ma comes from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (Memory, remembrance.), Proto-Indo-European *méynos, Proto-Indo-European *(e)mey-, Proto-Indo-European *moy-, Proto-Indo-European *min-, Late Latin mina, English myria-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*gaminþiją | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Memory, remembrance. |
*méynos | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*(e)mey- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | small, little |
*moy- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*min- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
mina | Late Latin (LL) | |
myria- | English (en) | (obsolete) In the metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10,000. Symbol: my. Innumerable: myriad, myriapod. |
*miz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*minnizô | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
myne | Old French (fro) | |
mīn | Old English (ang) | |
minni | Old Norse (non) | |
*minniz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Less, to a smaller degree. |
min | Old English (ang) | Mine. My Small. |
minne | Middle English (enm) | |
my | English (en) | Associated with me.. Belonging to me.. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.. In the possession of me.. Related to me. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement. |
ma | English (en) | (dialectal). |