Where does “messier” come from?

messier (Old French) comes from Old French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “messier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmeisAlternative form of mois
2Latinmēnsismonth
3Proto-Italicmēnsis—
4Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “messier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →