Messenger
/ˈmɛs.ən.dʒər/noun
A person or thing that carries a message or announces news.
Did you know?Messenger comes through Old French from Latin missus, the past participle of mittere, meaning “to send,” the same root behind words of release, permission, and launching something out into the world.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meit-
“to send, let go”
Latin
Latin
mittere
“to send, dispatch, release”
Late Latin
Latin
messionarius
“a messenger or one who is sent”
Old French
Old French
messagier
“messenger, bearer of a message”
Middle English
English
messenger
“a bearer of news or communication”
Modern English
English
messenger
“a person or thing that carries a message or announces news”