mesme

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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

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)

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

Old French

Alternative forms

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
  • Walloon: minme
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