Where does “クリスマスツリー” come from?
クリスマスツリー (Japanese) comes from English Christmas tree, from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
クリスマスツリー (Japanese): Christmas tree
Ancestry of “クリスマスツリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Christmas tree | A conifer used during the Christmas holiday... |
| 2 | English | Christmas | Red and green , especially red and green chile... |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristemasse | — |
| 4 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 5 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 7 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 9 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |