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Messing.

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

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Meaning & usage

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

Where this word comes from

From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).

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  1. A surname from German.

Where this word comes from

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

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