Editing Massage (section)

== Etymology ==
The word comes from the French {{lang|fr|massage}} 'friction of [[kneading]]',<ref>{{Cite book |last=李清如编著 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dTxEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+word+comes+from+the+French+massage+'friction+of+kneading'%22&pg=PT507 |title=老外最想和你聊的101个英语话题·时事生活篇 |date=2013-07-01 |publisher=Beijing Book Co. Inc. |isbn=978-7-5430-6708-0 |language=en}}</ref> which, in turn, comes either from the [[Arabic]] word {{lang|ar|مَسَّ}} ''massa'' meaning 'to touch, feel',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of Massage |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massage |website=www.merriam-webster.com|date=21 May 2023 }}<br>{{Cite web |title=the definition of massage |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/massage |website=www.dictionary.com}}
<br>{{Cite web |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |title=The American Heritage Dictionary entry: massage |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=massage |website=www.ahdictionary.com}}
</ref> the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{lang|pt|amassar}} 'knead', from the [[Latin]] {{lang|la|[[wikt:massa#Latin|massa]]}} meaning 'mass, dough',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Etymology Dictionary, massage |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=massage |access-date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Etymonline.com}}</ref> or the [[Greek language|Greek]] verb {{lang|el|[[wikt:μάσσω|μάσσω]]}} ({{lang|el-Latn|massō}}) 'to handle, touch, to work with the hands, to knead dough'.<ref>Liddell, Henry George; Robert Scott. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dma%2Fssw μάσσω ''A Greek-English Lexicon''.] ''Perseus''.</ref>

The [[ancient Greek]] word for massage was {{lang|grc-Latn|[[wikt:anatripsis|anatripsis]]}}<ref name="Noah">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEyOi-KN0rgC&q=massage+etymology&pg=PA2 |title=The History of Massage: An Illustrated Survey from Around the World |vauthors=Calvert R |date=1 April 2002 |publisher=Healing Arts Press }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Ubani |first=Dr Lumumba Umunna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSQRAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+ancient+Greek+word+for+massage+was+anatripsis%22&pg=PA91 |title=Preventive Therapy in Complimentary Medicine: Volume I to Liberate Humankind from the Pain and Furffering of Synthetic and Chemicalized Medications |date=2011 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-4628-7685-3 |pages=91 |language=en}}</ref> and the Latin was {{lang|la|[[wikt:frictio|frictio]]}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Iorio |first1=Silvia |last2=Gazzaniga |first2=Valentina |last3=Marinozz i |first3=Silvia |date=30 August 2018 |title=Healing bodies: the ancient origins of massages and Roman practices |url=http://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/7473 |journal=Medicina Historica |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=58–62 |name-list-style=vanc |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923204245/https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/7473 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" />