Etymology of the French word massage
the French word
massagederived from the Old French word
masserderived from the Latin word
massa (mace; club; mass, bulk; heavy weight)
derived from the Greek word
maza, μᾶζα
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mag- (kneading)
derived from the French word
masserderived from the Arabic word
massausing the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atDate
The earliest known usage of massage in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in French
vibromassage,
électromassage,
automassageDerivations in other languages
English
massage, Portuguese
massagem, Romanian
masaj, Spanish
masajeCognates
Catalan
missa, Danish
massere, Dutch
massa, Dutch
mazzel, Dutch
massere, Dutch
mis, English
mansion, English
massage, English
mass, English
Mass, French
manse, French
mess, French
messe, French
masser, French
masse, German
Masse, German
Maßholder, German
Mesner, German
Massage, German
Messe, Icelandic
messa, Italian
messa, Italian
massa, Italian
massaggio, Italian
mazza, Lithuanian
masažas, Lithuanian
masas, Norwegian
masse, Norwegian
massere, Norwegian
messe, Polish
masaż, Polish
masa, Portuguese
missa, Russian
мaccaж, Russian
мacca, Spanish
masa, Spanish
misa, Swedish
massa, Swedish
massera, Swedish
mässa, Swedish
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