meu

Meanings

1. Meum athamanticum, a European herb.

1. The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.

1. Acronym of marine expeditionary unit.

1. Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).

Etymology

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.