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Where does “mossa” come from?

mossa (Italian) comes from Italian mosso, from Italian muovere, from Vulgar Latin movere, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

mossa (Italian): movement; move; feminine singular of mosso

Definitions

  1. movement; move; feminine singular of mosso

Ancestry of “mossa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmossopast participle of muovere; past participle of...
2Italianmuovereto move
3Vulgar Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
4Latinmovēre—
5Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-—

Words derived from “mossa”

  • mosse
  • mossiere
  • contromossa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- →