Where does “massdefekt” come from?
massdefekt (Swedish) comes from Swedish mässa, 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...
massdefekt (Swedish): mass defect
Ancestry of “massdefekt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |