Where does “mesne” come from?
mesne (English) comes from Old French mesne, from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
mesne (English): Intermediate; A mesne lord
Definitions
- Intermediate; A mesne lord
Ancestry of “mesne”, step by step
mesne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French mesne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mesne | Alternative form of moien |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mansionata | — |
| 3 | Latin | mansiō | An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Anglo-Norman mesne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | mesne | Alternative form of moien |
| 2 | Old French | moien | middle; centre; mediator; middle; central |
| 3 | Latin | mediānus | middle, central |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |