Etymology

massa

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Today it means: A Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. Full definition →

Italian Massa ← Latin Māssa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromMāssa
  2. Italian · borrowed fromMassa
  3. English todayMassa

Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey.

Words from the same roots

LatinMāssa all →

massmassif

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.