Where does “mes-” come from?

mes- (Middle French) comes from Old French mes-, from Frankish mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mes- (Middle French): mis-

Definitions

  1. mis-

Ancestry of “mes-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmes-mis-
2Frankishmis-—
3Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “mes-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →
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