Where does “missa” come from?

missa (Ecclesiastical Latin) comes from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

missa (Ecclesiastical Latin): mass; Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy;...

Definitions

  1. mass; Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy;...

Ancestry of “missa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
2Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “missa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →