Where does “Childermasse day” come from?
Childermasse day (Middle English) comes from Old English Ċildamæsse dæg, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “Childermasse day”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | Ċildamæsse dæg | — |
| 2 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 4 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 6 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
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