Meanings
meu1
meu2
plural meus · alternative Meu · alternative mehu · alternative Mehu
- historicalThe second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
MEU3
plural MEUs
- USabbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of marine expeditionary unit.
Meu4
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
meu · noun
- Middle Frenchmeu
- Ancient Greekμῆον
- Latinmēum“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”
- Englishmeu
From Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps via Middle French meu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.
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Full word history & related roots →meu · noun
- Fonmɛ̀wú
- Fonmɛ̀wú
- Englishmeu
Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).
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Cite this entry
meu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meu
“meu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meu.
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