Heshi O
@joshtopher.bsky.social
Retired translator(Fre>Eng) and ESL teacher, book lover, language collector (French, Japanese, Russian, Norwegian, Hebrew, Arabic, Old Icelandic, Yiddish, German and more to come…), proud Canadian, but love the folks in the US - Resist!
You are correct Greta
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes, mees, messe, Old French mes portion of food (mid 12th cent.; Middle French, French mets dish, food) < post-classical Latin missus portion of food, course of a meal (4th cent.), spec. use of classical Latin missus, lit. ‘sending’....
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes, mees, messe, Old French mes portion of food (mid 12th cent.; Middle French, French mets dish, food) < post-classical Latin missus portion of food, course of a meal (4th cent.), spec. use of classical Latin missus, lit. ‘sending’....
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
You are correct Greta
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes, mees, messe, Old French mes portion of food (mid 12th cent.; Middle French, French mets dish, food) < post-classical Latin missus portion of food, course of a meal (4th cent.), spec. use of classical Latin missus, lit. ‘sending’....
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mes, mees, messe, Old French mes portion of food (mid 12th cent.; Middle French, French mets dish, food) < post-classical Latin missus portion of food, course of a meal (4th cent.), spec. use of classical Latin missus, lit. ‘sending’....
Interesting. I wonder if the French ´mets’ as in ´mets chinois’ (Chinese food) ‘, etc. is related too.
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Interesting. I wonder if the French ´mets’ as in ´mets chinois’ (Chinese food) ‘, etc. is related too.
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The:US administration nowadays is like stupid and ignorant little kids cos-playing world politics. 🤬
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The:US administration nowadays is like stupid and ignorant little kids cos-playing world politics. 🤬
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just following orders…
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
just following orders…