Where does “missa” come from?

missa (English) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin missa, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

missa (English): a mass, in the sense of a composition setting...

Definitions

  1. a mass, in the sense of a composition setting...

Ancestry of “missa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinmissamass; Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy;...
2Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
3Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →