Etymograph

English

masa

Masa comes from Japanese 柾 ‘Japanese spindle, Euonymus japonicus’.

  1. Japanesemodern柾masa‘Japanese spindle, Euonymus japonicus’
  2. Englishtodaymasa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern柾masa‘Japanese spindle, Euonymus japonicus’
  2. Englishtodaymasa

Every English word from Japanese 柾

Another origin of masa

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ǵ-‘to knead’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμᾶζα‘bread’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmassa‘dough’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentmasa‘dough’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting.

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

Etymograph / Japanese 柾 / masa

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