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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |