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French
- mé- (before a consonant)
- mes- (obsolete, until 18th century; was used before vowels as well as consonants)
Etymology
Inherited 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
Prefix
més-
- (before a vowel) mis- (badly, wrongly)
- més- + estimer → mésestimer
Usage notes
- Before a consonant the form mé- is used.
Derived terms