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mine

The origin and history of mine.

Etymology

The possessive "mine" traces back through Old English mīn to a very old Germanic root for "my"; the noun/verb "mine" (as in digging) comes from a separate Old French word for an excavation or tunnel.

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Etymology from freedict-original, original.