Where does “mensage” come from?
mensage (Old Spanish) comes from Old Occitan messatge, from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
mensage (Old Spanish): message
Definitions
- message
Ancestry of “mensage”, step by step
mensage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Occitan messatge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | messatge | message |
| 2 | Late Latin | missaticum | message |
| 3 | Latin | missus | sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Old French message
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | message | message; messenger |
| 2 | Latin | missāticum | message |