Etymograph

English

Massa

Massa comes from Latin Māssa ‘mass, bulk’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMāssa‘mass, bulk’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentMassa
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMāssa‘mass, bulk’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentMassa
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (‘mass, bulk’).

Linked words

through Latin Māssa ‘mass, bulk’

massif, masa, 2 more

Today it means

name A town in Tuscany, Italy.

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

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