{"era":"current","word":"mess","meaning":"disorder; dirty state","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"mes","meaning":"a course of food served at table","children":[{"era":"900s–1100s","word":"missum","meaning":"that which is put (on the table)","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"mittere","meaning":"to send, to put","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Medieval Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}