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Where does “массировать” come from?

массировать (Russian) comes from German massieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

массировать (Russian): to massage; to mass, to concentrate

Definitions

  1. to massage; to mass, to concentrate

Ancestry of “массировать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmassierento massage; to mass, amass, concentrate, condense
2German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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