Where does “mensahe” come from?
mensahe (Tagalog) comes from Spanish mensaje, from Old Spanish mensage, 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.
mensahe (Tagalog): message
Definitions
- message
Ancestry of “mensahe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mensaje | message; speech |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mensage | message |
| 3 | Old Occitan | messatge | message |
| 4 | Late Latin | missaticum | message |
| 5 | Latin | missus | sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |