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Where does “mèze” come from?

mèze (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Occitan mesa, from Occitan metre, from Old Occitan metre, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Ancestry of “mèze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanmesa—
2Occitanmetreto put, to place
3Old Occitanmetre—
4Latinmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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