Etymology

messing

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Today it means: A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918). Full definition →

German Messing
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Messing · proper noun1

From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).

Messing · proper noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromMessing“brass”
  2. English todayMessing

Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.

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