missaticum

Latin

Alternative forms

• missāticus m

Etymology

From missus (“sent”) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix). Attested from 806.

Noun

missāticum n (genitive missāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. message

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	missāticum	missātica
Genitive	missāticī	missāticōrum
Dative	missāticō	missāticīs
Accusative	missāticum	missātica
Ablative	missāticō	missāticīs
Vocative	missāticum	missātica

Descendants

• Catalan: missatge
• Franco-Provençal: mèssâjo
• Old French: message (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan: messatge
  • Occitan: messatge
  • → Spanish: mensaje
  • → Catalan: missatge

References

• missaticum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)