Where does “hlafmæsse” come from?
hlafmæsse (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...
hlafmæsse (Old English): loaf mass, harvest festival
Definitions
- loaf mass, harvest festival
Ancestry of “hlafmæsse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
Words derived from “hlafmæsse”