Where does “un-Christmassy” come from?
un-Christmassy (English) comes from English christmassy, from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
un-Christmassy (English): Not Christmas-like
Definitions
- Not Christmas-like
Ancestry of “un-Christmassy”, step by step
un-Christmassy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English christmassy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | christmassy | Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive |
| 2 | English | Christmas | A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristemasse | Christmas the 25th of December |
| 4 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 5 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 7 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 9 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |