Where does “massy” come from?
Massy comes from Middle English -y (suffix) attached to Middle English massy, derived from Middle French -ie, which built upon Latin massa meaning "lump" or "mass," itself from Latin mittere meaning "to throw," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mey-.
massy (English): Heavy; massive; Pronunciation spelling of mercy;...
Definitions
- Heavy; massive; Pronunciation spelling of mercy;...
Ancestry of “massy”, step by step
massy 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 Middle English massy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | massy | weighty, massy, having great weight;... |