Where does “Messie” come from?

Messie (German) comes from English messy, from English mess, from Middle English mes, from Old French mes, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie.

Messie (German): compulsive hoarder

Definitions

  1. compulsive hoarder

Ancestry of “Messie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmessyIn a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly; Prone...
2EnglishmessA disagreeable mixture or confusion of things;...
3Middle Englishmesserving
4Old Frenchmesbut; my
5Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
6Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
7Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena
8Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
9Middle Frenchmagie
10Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
11Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
12Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
13Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
14Proto-Iranianmagúš
15Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš
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