English
messuage
Messuage comes from Anglo-Norman mesuage.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mesuage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1819messuage
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mesuage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1819messuage
Earliest quotation: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan: “Dying intestate, Juan was sole heir / To a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to remain, stay’
money, music, mind, amount, mouth, mountain, museum, comment, mental, mention, monster, auto, mount, min, monitor, monetary, demonstration, monk, mint, maya, mentor, monument, monte, imminent, monastery, muse, dementia, mosaic, eminent, ming, prominence, mandarin, mantra, mont, amnesty, mania, muster, monstrous, summon, menace, 117 more
through Latin maneō
remain, permanent, mas, remnant, permanence, manet, menagerie, permanency, ménage, 6 more
through Latin mānsiō ‘abode, dwelling, habitation, home’
Today it means
noun Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman mesuage / messuage