mismo

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • same; identical; one and the same;
  • similar; alike; practically identical;
  • (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves;
  • (with a possessive pronoun) own;

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mesmo inherited from Latin *metipsimus, -met (emphatic suffix).

Origin

Latin

-met

Gloss

emphatic suffix

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