Where does “amase” come from?

amase (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amasa, from Esperanto amaso, from French amas, from Italian ammasso, from Italian ammassare, from Latin amassāre, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα — to knead, stroke.

amase (Esperanto): in large numbers / a large amount, en masse, in droves, in bulk

Definitions

  1. in large numbers / a large amount, en masse, in droves, in bulk

Ancestry of “amase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoamasamass
2Esperantoamasomass large quantity
3Frenchamaspile, heap; cluster
4Italianammassopile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket
5Italianammassareto pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack
6Latinamassāre
7Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
8Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
9Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ-