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Where does “amaseskar” come from?

amaseskar (Ido) comes from Ido amaso, 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.

amaseskar (Ido): to accrue, pile, huddle

Definitions

  1. to accrue, pile, huddle

Ancestry of “amaseskar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoamasomass, pile, heap
2Esperantoamasomass; heap, pile, stack; crowd , flock, herd
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
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