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Where does “missus” come from?

missus (Latin) comes from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

missus (Latin): sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...

Definitions

  1. sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...

Ancestry of “missus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “missus”

  • message
  • messenger
  • messengers
  • maze
  • mazy
  • mazelike
  • messager
  • Childermas
  • metamessage
  • multimessage
  • mazily
  • watermaze
  • maziness
  • messageless
  • kirmess
  • mazement
  • mazeful
  • mazework
  • nonmessenger
  • antimessage
  • missificate
  • multimessenger
  • mase
  • e-message
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →