Where does “més-” come from?

més- (French) comes from Middle French mes-, from Old French mes-, from Frankish mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

més- (French): mis-

Definitions

  1. mis-

Ancestry of “més-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmes-mis-
2Old Frenchmes-mis-
3Frankishmis-—
4Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “més-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →