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
- mass
Ancestry of “messe”, step by step
messe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin missa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 2 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 3 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |