Where does “mensahero” come from?
mensahero (Tagalog) comes from Spanish mensajero, from Old Spanish mensagero, from Old Spanish mensage, from Old Occitan messatge, from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
mensahero (Tagalog): messenger
Definitions
- messenger
Ancestry of “mensahero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mensajero | messenger |
| 2 | Old Spanish | mensagero | messenger |
| 3 | Old Spanish | mensage | message |
| 4 | Old Occitan | messatge | message |
| 5 | Late Latin | missaticum | message |
| 6 | Latin | missus | sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |