Where does “masa” come from?
masa (Tagalog) comes from Malay masa, from Malay peng-, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.
masa (Tagalog): dough; people; the masses
Definitions
- dough; people; the masses
Ancestry of “masa”, step by step
masa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay masa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | masa | time; period; words to express distrust and... |
| 2 | Malay | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 3 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 4 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 5 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 6 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
via Tagalog bumasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bumasa | to read; to peruse |
| 2 | Tagalog | basa | wet; to make wet; to read; to let someone read;... |
| 3 | Spanish | basa | base |
| 4 | Basque | baso | forest, woods, jungle; drinking glass; vessel |
| 5 | Spanish | vaso | drinking glass; glassful; vessel |
| 6 | Old Spanish | vaso | — |
| 7 | Latin | vasum | dish, vessel; vase; utensil |
| 8 | Latin | vas | vessel, container, dish; vase; utensil,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | woss | surety, bail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |