Where does “מסה” come from?
מסה (Hebrew) comes from French essai, from Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
מסה (Hebrew): mass, bulk
Definitions
- mass, bulk
Ancestry of “מסה”, step by step
מסה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French essai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | essai | try, trial; assay; try |
| 2 | Old French | essai | trial |
| 3 | Late Latin | exagium | weight; weighing, testing on the balance;... |
| 4 | Latin | exigō | to drive out; expel |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |