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Where does “messe” come from?

messe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French messe, 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...

messe (Middle Dutch): mass

Definitions

  1. mass

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmessemass
2LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
3Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
4Latinmittō—
5Proto-Italicmeitō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “messe”

  • mis
  • misdienaar
  • Kerstmis
  • hoogmis
  • dodenmis
  • kersmisse
  • misse
  • messe
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