Where does “groundmass” come from?
groundmass (English) comes from English Mass, 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 — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
groundmass (English): The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material...
Definitions
- The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material...
Ancestry of “groundmass”, step by step
groundmass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mass | The principal liturgical service of the Church,... |
| 2 | Middle English | messe | Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of... |
| 3 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 5 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 7 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English ground
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ground | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky... |
| 2 | Middle English | ground | ground; Earth |
| 3 | Old English | grund | ground; bottom, foundation; abyss, depths |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grunduz | ground, foundation |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrem- | to be angry; to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |