masa
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (food) dough
- (physics) mass
- drove (large amount)
Etymology
Derived from Latin massa (mass, dough, lump, bulk) derived from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (bread, barley-cake, lump, barley-bread cake, barley cake, barley bread).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μᾶζα
Gloss
bread, barley-cake, lump, barley-bread cake, barley cake, barley bread
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maza English
- *massārius Latin
- massa Latin
- maza Latin
- māssa Latin
- Masse German
- massa Italian
- en masse French
- masse French
- ма́сса Russian
- amasadora Spanish, Castilian
- amasar Spanish, Castilian
- enmasillar Spanish, Castilian
- masilla Spanish, Castilian
- masudo Spanish, Castilian
- Μοσσύνοικοι Ancient Greek
- μᾶζα Ancient Greek
- μᾶζᾰ Ancient Greek
- *maǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- masse Norwegian Bokmål
- massa Swedish
- masse Norwegian Nynorsk
- argamassa Catalan, Valencian
- massa Catalan, Valencian
- amasar Galician
- masa Galician
- maseira Galician
- μάζα Greek (modern)
- masse Middle Dutch
- mass Old Irish
- masa Tagalog
- masilya Tagalog
- massif Middle French
- massa Old Portuguese
- masse xno
- massa Crimean Tatar