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Where does “misa” come from?

misa (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese missa, from Old Portuguese missa, 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...

misa (Papiamentu): church; catholic church; mass

Definitions

  1. church; catholic church; mass

Ancestry of “misa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemissamass
2Old Portuguesemissamass
3LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
4Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
5Latinmittō—
6Proto-Italicmeitō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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