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Where does “massa” come from?

massa (Swedish) comes from Old Norse messa, 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...

massa (Swedish): a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...

Definitions

  1. a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...

Ancestry of “massa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “massa”

  • Pålsmässa
  • skilsmässa
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