Where does “Messdienerin” come from?
Messdienerin (German) comes from German Messdiener, 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 — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Messdienerin (German): altar girl
Definitions
- altar girl
Ancestry of “Messdienerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Messdiener | altar boy, altar girl |
| 2 | German | messe | inflection of messen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 4 | Old High German | missa | Mass |
| 5 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 7 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |