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Where does “messe” come from?

messe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German missa, 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 High German): mass

Definitions

  1. mass

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “messe”

  • kirmess
  • kermesse
  • Kirmes
  • kirmesse
  • Kiermes
  • kjȳmys
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