The story
- French · borrowed frommassé
- English todaymassé
From French massé.
Words from the same roots
Frenchmassé all →
mastmasse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
massé
Today it means: A stroke made with the cue held vertically that causes a billiard ball to move in an arc. Full definition →
French massé