Where does “mease” come from?
mease (English) comes from English mess, from Middle English mes, from Old French mes, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie.
mease (English): A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring
Definitions
- A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring
Ancestry of “mease”, step by step
mease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mess | A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mes | serving |
| 3 | Old French | mes | but; my |
| 4 | Latin | magis | more; more greatly; better |
| 5 | Dutch | magisch | magical, controlled or determined by supernatural... |
| 6 | Dutch | magie | magic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena |
| 7 | French | magie | magic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;... |
| 8 | Middle French | magie | — |
| 9 | Latin | magīa | magic, sorcery |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μαγεία | theology of the Magians |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 12 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 13 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ-ú-s | — |
via English mese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mese | A dinner; meal; To moderate; subdue; abate;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mese | moss |
| 3 | Old English | mēse | — |
| 4 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 5 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |