Where does “Childermas” come from?
Childermas (English) comes from Middle English Childermasse day, from Old English Ċildamæsse dæg, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “Childermas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | Childermasse day | — |
| 2 | Old English | Ċildamæsse dæg | — |
| 3 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 5 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 7 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |