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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
1Latinmittō—
2Proto-Italicmeitō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “missa”

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