messer

messer · noun¹

From mess + -er.

messer · noun²

1. Italian · borrowed frommesser
2. English todaymesser

Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.

messer · noun³

1. German · borrowed fromMesser
2. English todaymesser

From German Messer.

Messer · proper noun⁴

1. Old French · derived frommessier“harvest warden”
2. German · borrowed fromMesser“knife”
3. English todayMesser

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).