Meaning

noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

noun what a communication that is about something is about

verb send a message to

originFrom Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).

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