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-
Ancestry of “més-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | mes- | mis- |
| 2 | Old French | mes- | mis- |
| 3 | Frankish | mis- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
Words derived from “més-”