Where does “ku ọdun Keresimesi” come from?
ku ọdun Keresimesi (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba Kérésìmesì, from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
ku ọdun Keresimesi (Yoruba): merry Christmas
Definitions
- merry Christmas
Ancestry of “ku ọdun Keresimesi”, step by step
ku ọdun Keresimesi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yoruba Kérésìmesì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | Kérésìmesì | Christmas |
| 2 | English | Christmas | A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristemasse | Christmas the 25th of December |
| 4 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 5 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 7 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 9 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |