Where does “Michelmasse” come from?
Michelmasse (Middle English) comes from Middle English michel, from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, from Latin Michahel, from Greek Μιχαήλ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל, from Hebrew אֵל.
Michelmasse (Middle English): Michaelmas
Definitions
- Michaelmas
Ancestry of “Michelmasse”, step by step
Michelmasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English michel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | michel | The Archangel Michael |
| 2 | Old French | Michel | Michael, the Archangel |
| 3 | Latin | Michāēl | — |
| 4 | Latin | Michahel | — |
| 5 | Greek | Μιχαήλ | the Archangel Michael |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μιχαήλ | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | מיכאל | who is like God? |
| 8 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 9 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
via Middle English messe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | messe | Mass; The Eucharist; Holy Communion; The act of... |
| 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 | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |