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Where does “messe” come from?

messe (Old French) comes from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

messe (Old French): mass

Definitions

  1. mass

Ancestry of “messe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
2Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
3Latinmittō—
4Proto-Italicmeitō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “messe”

  • maze
  • mazy
  • mazelike
  • Childermas
  • mazily
  • watermaze
  • maziness
  • mazement
  • mazeful
  • mazework
  • mase
  • Mass
  • messe
  • misdienaar
  • hoogmis
  • Kerstmis
  • dodenmis
  • mis
  • Childermasse day
  • mase
  • mas
  • messy
  • messe
  • kersmisse
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