mego

Betekenis (Engels)

gentle, mild, peaceable

Gekoppel as

me‧go

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmeɡo/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Engels: meek

Verwante met Goties: 𐌼𐌿𐌺𐍃

Verwante met Old Norse: mjúkr

Verwante met Grieks: μαλακός

Geërf van Latyn: magicus

Verwante met Portugees: meigo

Verwante met Galisies: meigo

In summary

Most likely a contraction of either Latin mītificus (“mild, soft, gentle”), based on mītis (“mild, mellow”), or of mītigatus (“softened”), from mītigō (“to make soft”). Note, however, that similar forms exist in other European languages (compare English meek, Gothic *𐌼𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*mūks), Old Norse mjúkr (“soft, gentle”), and Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).
Alternatively from Latin magicus, and thus doublet to the borrowing mágico; cf. Portuguese meigo, Leonese meigo, and Galician meigo.