Where does “Christmas light” come from?
Christmas light (English) comes from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Christmas light (English): One of the electric lights used at Christmas to...
Definitions
- One of the electric lights used at Christmas to...
Ancestry of “Christmas light”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Christmas | Red and green , especially red and green chile... |
| 2 | Middle English | Cristemasse | — |
| 3 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 4 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 6 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 8 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |