Where does “messengers” come from?
Messengers comes from Middle English messingere, Old French messanger and messagier, Old French message, Late Latin missaticum, and Latin mittere meaning "to send."
messengers (English): plural of messenger
Definitions
- plural of messenger
Ancestry of “messengers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | messenger | One who brings messages; A light line with which... |
| 2 | Middle English | messengere | — |
| 3 | Old French | messanger | — |
| 4 | Old French | messagier | messenger |
| 5 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 6 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 7 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |