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
- A former festival held on 1st August celebrating...
Ancestry of “Lammas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hlafmæsse | loaf mass, harvest festival |
| 2 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 4 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 6 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |