Where does “messengere” come from?
messengere (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 “messengere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | messanger | — |
| 2 | Old French | messagier | messenger |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |