Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “mēse” come from?

mēse (Old English) comes from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “mēse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsa—
2Latinmēnsus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mēse”

  • mese
  • mease
  • mes
  • mees
  • mese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →