Where does “mesel” come from?
mesel (Middle English) comes from Norman French mesel, from Old French mesel, from Latin misellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
mesel (Middle English): A leper
Definitions
- A leper
Ancestry of “mesel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman French | mesel | — |
| 2 | Old French | mesel | leper |
| 3 | Latin | misellus | poor, wretched |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |