Messing

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English

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Etymology 1

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From the Old English personal name Mæcca + -ing (belonging to).[1]

Proper noun

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Messing

  1. A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Messing (brass), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.

Proper noun

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Messing (plural Messings)

  1. A surname from German.
Statistics
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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Messing is the 12289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2530 individuals. Messing is most common among White (92.69%) individuals.

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References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German messinc, from Proto-West Germanic *massing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Messing n (strong, genitive Messings, no plural)

  1. brass

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: messing
  • Macedonian: месинг (mesing)
  • Serbo-Croatian: mèsing
  • Slovene: mēsing
  • Slovincian: mësing

References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “masjinga”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

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