Where does “Cristes mæsse” come from?

Cristes mæsse (Old 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...

Cristes mæsse (Old English): Christmas

Definitions

  1. Christmas

Ancestry of “Cristes mæsse”, step by step

Cristes mæsse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mæsse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæssemass
2Vulgar LatinmessaEucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;...
3LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
4Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
5Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
6Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Old English Crīst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishCrīstChrist
2LatinChrīstus—
3Ancient GreekΧριστόςanointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,...
4Ancient Greekχρίωto rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrēy-to smear; to paint, streak, smear
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰer-to rub; to stroke; to grind

via Ancient Greek Χ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΧChi; chi

Words derived from “Cristes mæsse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →