Where does “massmonger” come from?

massmonger (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...

massmonger (English): A Christian who takes part in the Eucharist

Definitions

  1. A Christian who takes part in the Eucharist

Ancestry of “massmonger”, step by step

massmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMassThe principal liturgical service of the Church,...
2Middle EnglishmesseMass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of...
3Old Englishmæssemass
4Vulgar LatinmessaEucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;...
5LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
6Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
7Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
8Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from Proto-Italic meitōEvery word from Latin mittō