Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From missus (sent) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix). Attested from 806.[1]

Noun

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missāticum n (genitive missāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. message

Inflection

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative missāticum missātica
Genitive missāticī missāticōrum
Dative missāticō missāticīs
Accusative missāticum missātica
Ablative missāticō missāticīs
Vocative missāticum missātica

Descendants

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  • Catalan: missatge
  • Franco-Provençal: mèssâjo
  • Old French: message (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: messatge

References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “missaticum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 694