Where does “amasiĝi” come from?

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

amasiĝi (Esperanto): to accumulate, gather, pile up; to gather

Definitions

  1. to accumulate, gather, pile up; to gather

Ancestry of “amasiĝi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoamasomass large quantity
2Frenchamaspile, heap; cluster
3Italianammassopile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket
4Italianammassareto pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack
5Latinamassāre—
6Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
7Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
8Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyéti →Every word from Ancient Greek μάσσω →