Where does “Mass” come from?
Mass (English) comes from Middle English messe, 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...
Mass (English): The principal liturgical service of the Church,...
Definitions
- The principal liturgical service of the Church,...
Ancestry of “Mass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | messe | Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of... |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |