Where does “Cristemasse” come from?
Cristemasse (Middle English) comes from Old English Cristes mæsse, 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 “Cristemasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 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... |
Words derived from “Cristemasse”