Where does “popolamaso” come from?
popolamaso (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.
popolamaso (Esperanto): people, populace, masses, mob, crowd, plebs, hoi...
Definitions
- people, populace, masses, mob, crowd, plebs, hoi...
Ancestry of “popolamaso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | amaso | mass; heap, pile, stack; crowd , flock, herd |
| 2 | French | amas | pile, heap; cluster |
| 3 | Italian | ammasso | pile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket |
| 4 | Italian | ammassare | to pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack |
| 5 | Latin | amassāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | massa | mass, bulk; load, burden; dough |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μᾶζα | barley-bread or cake |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μάσσω | to handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ǵyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ǵ- | to knead, stroke |