Where does “msza” come from?
msza (Polish) comes from Old Czech mšě, from Middle High German messe, from Old High German 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...
msza (Polish): mass
Definitions
- mass
Ancestry of “msza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Czech | mšě | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 3 | Old High German | missa | Mass |
| 4 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 6 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |