Where does “masa” come from?
masa (Dalmatian) comes from Late Latin missa, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
masa (Dalmatian): Mass
Ancestry of “masa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | missa | mass |
| 2 | Latin | missus | sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |