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...

mèze (Serbo-Croatian): snack, bite

Definitions

  1. snack, bite

Ancestry of “mèze”, step by step

mèze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan mesa

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

via Ottoman Turkish مزه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمزهpleasant taste, flavour, smack or relish
2Persianمزهtaste, flavour, smack, relish; joy, pleasure; a...
3Middle Persianm(y)ck'—

Words derived from “mèze”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Latin mittere →Every word from Old Occitan metre →