English

Marymass

From Mary + mass.

A compound of Mary + mass

Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם

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Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ

Latin Marīa

Old French Marie

Middle English Marie

English Mary

Ancient Greek μᾶζα ‘barley-cake, lump of dough’

Latin massa ‘lump, dough’

Anglo-Norman masse

Middle English masse ‘lump, quantity of matter’

English mass

Today it means

name A festival held on 15 August in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; Assumption.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Marymass