Etymograph

English

mese

Mese comes from Middle English mesen.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mesen1
  2. Englishtodaymese1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English mese

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mesenWiktionary, English mese
  2. EnglishtodaymeseWiktionary, English mese

Every English word from Middle English mesen

Another origin of mese

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέσηliterally ‘middle 􂀿string􂁀’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmesē
  3. Englishtodaymese

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

Today it means

verb To moderate; subdue; abate; mollify.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mese”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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