"més-" meaning in French

See més- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /mez/ Forms: mé- [alternative], mes- [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mes-, from Old French mes- (“badly, wrongly”), from Frankish *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“divergent, amiss, astay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey-t(h₂)- (“to swap, exchange”). Akin to Old English mis- (“mis-”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰- (missa-), Old High German missa- (“mis-”). More at mis-. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*meyth₂-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mes-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mes-, {{inh+|fr|frm|mes-}} Inherited from Middle French mes-, {{inh|fr|fro|mes-|t=badly, wrongly}} Old French mes- (“badly, wrongly”), {{der|fr|frk|*missa-}} Frankish *missa-, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*missa-|t=divergent, amiss, astay}} Proto-Germanic *missa- (“divergent, amiss, astay”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*meyth₂-|*mey-t(h₂)-|t=to swap, exchange}} Proto-Indo-European *mey-t(h₂)- (“to swap, exchange”), {{cog|ang|mis-|t=mis-}} Old English mis- (“mis-”), {{cog|got|𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰-}} Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰- (missa-), {{cog|goh|missa-|t=mis-}} Old High German missa- (“mis-”) Head templates: {{fr-prefix}} més-
  1. (before a vowel) mis- (badly, wrongly) Tags: before-vowel, morpheme
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