messuage

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*men-“to remain, stay”
2. Latin · derived frommānsiō“abode, dwelling, habitation, home”
3. Late Latin · derived frommesuagium
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommesuage
5. Middle English · inherited frommesuage
6. English todaymessuage

From Late Middle English mesuage, messuage (“dwelling house, residence; farmstead; household”), from Anglo-Norman mesuage, messuage (“residence; holding”), probably from Late Latin mesuagium, messuagium, probably ultimately from Latin mānsiō (“abode, dwelling, habitation, home”) or its etymon mānsus (“having remained or stayed”), the perfect passive participle of maneō (“to abide; to remain, stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to remain, stay”). Cognates * Late Latin mansuagium * Old French masuage (“property rented on an annual basis”)

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