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- Old English · inherited fromealra hālgena mæsse
- Middle English · inherited fromAlhalwemesse
- English todayAllhallowmas
Inherited from Middle English Alhalwemesse, from Old English ealra hālgena mæsse, from eall + halga + mæsse; literally, “the mass of all the saints”. By surface analysis, all + hallow (“saint, holy person”) + -mas (“mass, church festival, holiday”); compare Christmas, Marymas / Marymass, and Michaelmas.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishealra hālgena mæsse all →
Hallowmas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.