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Where does “Lammas” come from?

Lammas (English) comes from Old English hlafmæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Lammas (English): A former festival held on 1st August celebrating...

Definitions

  1. A former festival held on 1st August celebrating...

Ancestry of “Lammas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlafmæsseloaf mass, harvest festival
2Old Englishmæssemass
3Vulgar LatinmessaEucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;...
4LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
5Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
6Latinmittō—
7Proto-Italicmeitō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “Lammas”

  • Lammastide
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