Where does “masha” come from?
masha (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese demasiado, from Portuguese demasia, from Spanish demasía, from Spanish -ía, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
masha (Papiamentu): much, many, a lot of; very
Definitions
- much, many, a lot of; very
Ancestry of “masha”, step by step
masha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese demasiado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | demasiado | superfluous; excessive; excessively, too, too... |
| 2 | Portuguese | demasia | excess |
| 3 | Spanish | demasía | excess; daring, boldness, audacity; insolence,... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ía | Suffix indicating the first-person singular... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |