myEtymology.com: English etymology of mine

1. Etymology of the English word mine

the English word mine

derived from the Old French word mine

derived from the Latin word mina (Greek weight unit; its weight of silver; mine; threats, menaces; warning signs)

derived from the Greek word mna, μνᾶ (a mna (mina), a certain weight)

derived from the Akkadian word manû

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *me-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *minaz

Dutch muur, Dutch mijn, English mien, English mure, French mine, French mur, French minière, German Mauer, German mein, German Miene, German Mine, Icelandic múr, Icelandic minn, Italian muro, Italian miniera, Italian mina, Latin murus, Lithuanian minas, Norwegian mine, Polish mina, Polish mur, Portuguese mineira, Provençal mina, Provençal menera, Provençal mur, Russian минa, Swedish mur, Swedish min, Swedish mina, Yiddish mojr

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derived from the English word mine

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