Where does “mas” come from?
mas (Middle English) comes from Middle English masse, 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...
mas (Middle English): Alternative form of masse; Alternative form of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of masse; Alternative form of...
Ancestry of “mas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | masse | A lump, blob, or mass; A collection or mass 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... |