miserable, unhappy
→
leper
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old French | |
| Lexeme | mesel | |
| Meaning 1 | unhappy, miserable | ces meseaulx belistriens these miserable beggars |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | leper | son seigneur et mari qui estoit devenu mesel her master and husband who had become leper |
| Reference | DMF | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Old French | |
| Language 2 | Italian | |
| Lexeme 1 | mesel | |
| Lexeme 2 | miṡèllo | |
| Meaning 1 | miserable, unhappy | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | leper | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||