mesmo
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmez.mu/
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From Old Galician-Portuguese mesmo, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese meesmo, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *medesmo, from proto-Romanic forms as *medessimu, from *medissimu, from *medipsimu, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from a previous *metipsissīmus, derived from Latin -met (emphatic suffix) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (superlative suffix). Compare with Spanish mismo, French même.
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