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Where does “missa” come from?

missa (Old High German) comes 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...

Ancestry of “missa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
2Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
3Latinmittō—
4Proto-Italicmeitō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “missa”

  • kirmess
  • kermesse
  • Buchmesse
  • Messe
  • Kirmes
  • Messbuch
  • Messdienerin
  • Messdiener
  • メッセ
  • kirmesse
  • misse
  • Kiermes
  • Mass
  • Massendénger
  • kjȳmys
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →