Meu
//ˈmju// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Meum athamanticum, a European herb. uncountable
- 2 The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey. historical
- 3 Acronym of marine expeditionary unit. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”). alt-of
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).
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