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Where does “mesaler” come from?

mesaler (Old French) comes from Old French mes, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία — to be able.

mesaler (Old French): to get lost; to betray; to wrong

Definitions

  1. to get lost; to betray; to wrong

Ancestry of “mesaler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmesbut; my
2Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
3Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
4Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery ; hence supernatural occurrences...
5Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
6Middle Frenchmagie—
7Latinmagīa—
8Ancient Greekμαγεία—
9Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
10Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
11Proto-Iranianmagúš—
12Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- →