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Where does “messa” come from?

messa (Italian) comes from Late Latin missa, from Latin missus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

messa (Italian): mass; setting, putting, laying; sprout, shoot,...

Definitions

  1. mass; setting, putting, laying; sprout, shoot,...

Ancestry of “messa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmissamass
2Latinmissussent, having been sent, caused to go, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →