Where does “Massendénger” come from?
Massendénger (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Mass, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Massendénger (Luxembourgish): altar boy
Definitions
- altar boy
Ancestry of “Massendénger”, step by step
Massendénger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Mass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Mass | mass; Mass; mass; paste, dough |
| 2 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 3 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Luxembourgish Dénger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Dénger | servant |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | Déngen | thing, object |
| 3 | Old High German | ding | assembly, council |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þingą | appointed time; date; appointment; meeting;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkó- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tenk- | to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,... |