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Where does “messangere” come from?

messangere (Middle English) comes from Old French messanger, from Old French messagier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.

Ancestry of “messangere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmessanger—
2Old Frenchmessagiermessenger
3Old Frenchieryesterday
4Latinherī—
5Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
6Proto-Italichezī—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “messangere”

  • messenger
  • messengers
  • nonmessenger
  • multimessenger
  • мессенджер
  • masinja
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