Where does “meze” come from?
meze (English) comes from Serbo-Croatian mèze, from Occitan mesa, from Occitan metre, from Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
meze (English): Small portions of starters typical of Turkish and...
Definitions
- Small portions of starters typical of Turkish and...
Ancestry of “meze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | mèze | — |
| 2 | Occitan | mesa | — |
| 3 | Occitan | metre | to put, to place |
| 4 | Old Occitan | metre | — |
| 5 | Latin | mittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |