Etymology

mijo

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Today it means: A term of endearment for a man or boy; dear, darling, my heart. Full definition →

Spanish mijo ← Old Spanish fijo ← Latin fīlius
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The story

  1. Spanishmi
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁ilyós
  4. Proto-Italic*θīlios
  5. Proto-Italic*fīlios
  6. Latinfīlius
  7. Old Spanishfijo
  8. Spanishhijo
  9. Spanishmijo
  10. English todaymijo

Borrowed from Spanish mijo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.