Where does “Little Christmas” come from?
Little Christmas (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...
Ancestry of “Little Christmas”, 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... |