"message" in seven languages
Meaningmessage
Spanish
mensaje
/menˈsaxe/
masc.borrowed · Old Occitan or Old French
The n is intrusive; a text message is also un mensaje.
French
message
/mesaʒ/
masc.inherited
Italian
messaggio
/mesˈsaddʒo/
masc.borrowed · Old French or Old Occitan
Portuguese
mensagem
/mẽˈsaʒẽj/
fem.borrowed · Old Occitan or Old French message
Romanian
mesaj
/meˈsaʒ/
neut.borrowed · French message
Catalan
missatge
/miˈsadʒə/
masc.borrowed · probably Old Occitan messatge (a native formation is also possible)
English
message
/ˈmɛsɪdʒ/
from Latin/French · Old French message
English → ItalianmessagemessaggioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MISSUM‘sent (MITTERE 'to send')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A message is 'what is sent' plus the suffix -age. Spanish and Italian borrowed it from their northern neighbours.
English relatives: mission, missile, messenger
Learn it
In a sentence
- esTe he dejado un mensaje.
- frJe t'ai laissé un message.
- itTi ho lasciato un messaggio.
- ptDeixei uma mensagem para você.
- roȚi-am lăsat un mesaj.
- caT'he deixat un missatge.
- enI left you a message.
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