mon

Signification (Anglais)

my

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mun/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Old Catalan mon, from Vulgar Latin *mum, reduced form of Latin meum, from Proto-Italic *meos. Compare Occitan and French mon.
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin meum, meam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became mon, ma etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became meu, mia > meua etc.