Where does “kirmess” come from?
kirmess (English) comes from German Kirmes, from Middle High German kirmesse, from Middle High German messe, from Old High German missa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
kirmess (English): An outdoor festival and fair, usually in a German...
Definitions
- An outdoor festival and fair, usually in a German...
Ancestry of “kirmess”, step by step
kirmess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kirmes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kirmes | fair, funfair |
| 2 | Middle High German | kirmesse | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 4 | Old High German | missa | Mass |
| 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... |