Where does “masslessness” come from?
masslessness (English) comes from English massless, from English Mass, from Middle English messe, 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...
masslessness (English): Absence of mass; the state or condition of being...
Definitions
- Absence of mass; the state or condition of being...
Ancestry of “masslessness”, step by step
masslessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English massless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | massless | Having no mass |
| 2 | English | Mass | The principal liturgical service of the Church,... |
| 3 | Middle English | messe | Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of... |
| 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 | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |