Where does “Késhmishgo” come from?
Késhmishgo (Navajo) comes from Navajo Késhmish, from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Késhmishgo (Navajo): at Christmas
Definitions
- at Christmas
Ancestry of “Késhmishgo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | Késhmish | Christmas |
| 2 | English | Christmas | A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristemasse | Christmas the 25th of December |
| 4 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 5 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 7 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 9 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |