Interlingua

Adjective

mesme

1. same
2. self

Middle French

Etymology

Old French mesme

Adjective

mesme m, f ‎(plural mesmes)

1. (the) same

Adverb

mesme

1. even
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Et de ces viles ames de bouffons il s'en est trouvé qui n'ont voulu abandonner leur gaudisserie en la mort mesme

     And of these vile idiots there are even some who didn't want to give up their luxuries, even for death

Descendants

• French: même

Norman

Alternative forms

• même (Jersey, continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French meïsme, mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met ‎(intensifier) + ipse ‎(“him/her/itself”) + -issimus ‎(superlative ending).

Adjective

mesme m, f

1. (Guernsey) same

Old French

Alternative forms

• meïsme (chiefly 11th and 12th centuries)
• medesme (11th century)
• medisme (11th century)

Etymology

Simplification of early Old French meïsme < Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.

Adjective

mesme m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular mesme)

1. (the) same
2. used for emphasis

   toi mesme‎

   you

Descendants

• Gallo: méme
• Middle French: mesme
  • French: même
    • Antillean Creole: menm
    • Guianese Creole: menm
    • Haitian Creole: menm
    • Karipúna Creole French: mém
    • Louisiana Creole French: même, méme, mem
    • Mauritian Creole: mem
    • Seychellois Creole: menm
• Norman: même (continental Normandy, Jersey), mesme (Guernsey)
• Picard: meume
• Walloon: minme