més-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mes"
French
editAlternative forms
edit- mé- (before a consonant)
- mes- (obsolete, until 18th century; was used before vowels as well as consonants)
Etymology
editInherited 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-.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editmés-
- (before a vowel) mis- (badly, wrongly)
- més- + estimer → mésestimer
Usage notes
edit- Before a consonant the form mé- is used.
Derived terms
editCategories:
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meytH-
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French prefixes