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Where does “massapsykoosi” come from?

massapsykoosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish massa, from Swedish mässa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

massapsykoosi (Finnish): mass psychosis

Definitions

  1. mass psychosis

Ancestry of “massapsykoosi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmassamass; bulk; paste
2Swedishmässaa mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...
3Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
4LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
5Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
6Latinmittō—
7Proto-Italicmeitō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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