missa
Meaning
- EcclesiasticalLatinfeminineMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy
Omni dominica sex missas facite ("Each Sunday, do six masses") Caesarius of Arles, Regula ad monachos, PL 67, 1102B.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | missa | missae |
| genitive | missae | missārum |
| dative | missae | missīs |
| accusative | missam | missās |
| ablative | missā | missīs |
| vocative | missa | missae |
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
- Proto-Italic*meitō
- Old Latinmītō
- Latinmissa
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiō Latin missa In use by the 6th century. Presumably from the phrase īte missa est (“go, the dismissal is made”) (said by a priest to dismiss the congregation after the service), where missa is Late Latin and Vulgar Latin, for missiō (“dismissal”), from mittō (“to discharge, release”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change; to exchange; to remove”)) + -tiō (suffix attached to verbs forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Alternatively, feminine of missus (“sent”) An older derivation (16th century, attributed to Luther) adduced Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá, “unleavened bread; oblation”) (compare English matzo), but this is no longer considered a tenable etymology.
- Catalanmissa
- Italianmessa
- Occitanmessa
- EnglishMassfrom Old English mæsse
- Englishmassfrom Old English mæsse
- Frenchmessefrom Old French messe
- Portuguesemissafrom Old Galician-Portuguese missa
- GermanMessefrom Old High German missa
- Romanianmisă
- Romanianmesă
- Spanishmisa