Where does “message” come from?

message (Norman) comes from Norman m'sage, from Old French message, from Latin missāticum, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

message (Norman): Alternative form of m'sage

Definitions

Alternative form of m'sage

Ancestry of “message”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Norman	m'sage	message
2	Old French	message	message; messenger
3	Latin	missāticum	message
4	Latin	missus	sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...
5	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin missus →