massif
Middle English
/ˈmasif/
adj
Definitions
- (Later ME) weighty, massy, weighing very much.
- (Later ME) massive, huge, enormous.
- (Later ME) not sharp, unsharpened, coarse.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French massif affix from Middle English mass.
Origin
Middle English
mass
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hypermassive English
- massive English
- massively English
- massiveness English
- massivity English
- nonmassive English
- submassive English
- supermassive English
- supramassive English
- ultramassive English
- undermassive English
- unmassive English
- massa Latin
- māssa Latin
- massief Dutch, Flemish
- massif French
- mass Middle English
- massif Middle French
- מסיבי Hebrew (modern)