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Etymology[edit]
From
ⲙⲉⲑ- (meth-,
abstract-forming prefix) +
ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi),
ⲙⲉⲓ (mei,
“truth”), ultimately from
Egyptian (mdwt,
“words, speech, matter”) +
(mꜣꜥt,
“truth, order, justice”).
ⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ • (methmēi) f
- (Bohairic) truth
