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Where does “messe” come from?

messe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English mess, from Middle English mes, from Old French mes, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie.

messe (Norwegian Bokmål): Mass; a trade fair; a mess

Definitions

  1. Mass; a trade fair; a mess

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmessA disagreeable mixture or confusion of things;...
2Middle Englishmesserving
3Old Frenchmesbut; my
4Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
5Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
6Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery ; hence supernatural occurrences...
7Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
8Middle Frenchmagie—
9Latinmagīa—
10Ancient Greekμαγεία—
11Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
12Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
13Proto-Iranianmagúš—
14Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s—

Words derived from “messe”

  • messa
  • båtmesse
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