Where does “messe” come from?

messe (Anglo-Norman) comes from Late Latin missa, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

messe (Anglo-Norman): mass

Definitions

  1. mass

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmissamass
2Latinmissussent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “messe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin missus
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