mesme

Interlingua

Etymology

From Spanish mismo, French même, Galician mesmo, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo. From Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Classical Latin -met + ipse + -issimus.

Adjective

mesme

1. same
2. self

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mesme.

Adjective

mesme m or f (plural mesmes)

1. (the) same

Adverb

mesme

1. even
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Et de ces viles ames de bouffons il s'en est trouvé qui n'ont voulu abandonner leur gaudisserie en la mort mesme

     And of these vile idiots there are even some who didn't want to give up their luxuries, even for death

Descendants

• French: même (see there for further descendants)

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Norman

Alternative forms

• même (Jersey, continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French meïsme, mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (“him/her/itself”) + -issimus (superlative ending).

Adjective

mesme m or f

1. (Guernsey) same

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Old French

Alternative forms

• meïsme (chiefly 11th and 12th centuries)
• medesme (11th century)
• medisme (11th century)

Etymology

Simplification of early Old French meïsme < Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (“him/her/itself”) + -issimus (superlative ending).

Adjective

mesme m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mesme)

1. (the) same
2. used for emphasis

   toi mesme

   you

Descendants

• Bourguignon: moîme
• Gallo: mesm
• Middle French: mesme (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: maême (continental Normandy, Jersey), mesme (Guernsey)
• Picard: minme
• Tourangeau: meguime
• Walloon: minme