English
masstige
Blend of mass + prestige.
Ancient Greek μᾶζα ‘barley-cake, lump of dough’
Latin massa ‘lump, dough’
Anglo-Norman masse
Middle English masse ‘lump, quantity of matter’
English mass
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’
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Latin stringō ‘to draw tight together, to tie together’
Latin praestringō ‘to blind’
Latin praestīgium ‘a delusion, an illusion’
French prestige ‘illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige’
English prestige
Today it means
noun A class of products that are affordable for the general consumer but positioned as luxury goods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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