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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

  1. Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of...

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæssemass
2Vulgar LatinmessaEucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;...
3LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
4Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
5Latinmittō—
6Proto-Italicmeitō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “messe”

  • maze
  • mazy
  • mazelike
  • Childermas
  • mazily
  • watermaze
  • maziness
  • mazement
  • mazeful
  • mazework
  • mase
  • Mass
  • mas
  • messy
  • Childermasse day
  • mase
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