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
- church; catholic church; mass
Ancestry of “misa”, step by step
misa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese missa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | missa | mass |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | missa | mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Spanish misa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | misa | mass |