Mass

Morpheme

Mass

Type

free base

Denotation

quantity, lump, heap, pile

Etymology

Middle English masse; Anglo-Norman masse; Old French masse; Latin massa; probably from Ancient Greek mâza

Evidence

admass, airmass, amass, amassed, amasses, amassing, biomass, bodymass, comass, dendromass, downmass, eggmass, eigenmass, groundmass, isomass, landmass, mass, masscom, masscult, massed, masser, masses, massest, massful, massic, massification, massified, massifier, massifies, massify, massifying, massing, massless, masslike, massly, massness, massy, micromass, necromass, phytomass, pseudomass, rockmass, sociomass, submass, thermomass, upmass, zoomass

Notes

mass and masa are doublets

See Also

Masa

Homographs

Mas(s) [Mass, Mas]