Where does “Messdiener” come from?
Messdiener (German) comes from German messe, from Middle High German messe, from Old High German missa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Messdiener (German): altar boy, altar girl
Ancestry of “Messdiener”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | messe | inflection of messen:
## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 3 | Old High German | missa | — |
| 4 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 6 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
Words derived from “Messdiener”