Where does “masse” come from?
masse (Middle English) comes 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...
masse (Middle English): A lump, blob, or mass; A collection or mass of...
Definitions
- A lump, blob, or mass; A collection or mass of...
Ancestry of “masse”, step by step
masse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English mæsse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |