Where does “messe” come from?
messe (Middle English) comes from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, 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 English): Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of...
Definitions
- Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of...
Ancestry of “messe”, step by step
messe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English mæsse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Old French messe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | messe | mass |
via Anglo-Norman messe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | messe | mass |