mese

mese · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mat-“food”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mōsą
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mōsijaną
4. Late Latin · derived frommē(n)sa“table; meal”
5. Old English · inherited frommēse
6. Middle English · inherited frommese
7. English todaymese

From Middle English mese, mes, mees (“dinner, dish”), from Old English mēse, mēose, mīse, mȳse (“table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”). Cognate with Scots mes, mese (“a serving of food”), Old High German mias, meas (German Mus, Gemüse), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍃 (mēs). Compare Old English mēsan (“to eat, dine”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsijaną, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą, an ablaut variant of the root Proto-Germanic *mat- (“food”).

mese · verb²

1. North Germanic · derived from
2. Middle English · inherited frommesen
3. English todaymese

From Middle English mesen, of North Germanic origin. More at meek.

mese · noun³

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέση
2. Latin · borrowed frommesē
3. English todaymese

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mesē, from Ancient Greek μέση (mésē, literally “middle [string]”).

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