Where does “mêsse” come from?

mêsse (Norman) comes from Late Latin missa, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mêsse (Norman): Mass

Definitions

  1. Mass

Ancestry of “mêsse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmissamass
2Latinmissussent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin missus →