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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fr|massage|t=friction, kneading]] (by 1819),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from masser, to massage,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) possibly from Arabic massa, to touch, feel, handle, perhaps picked up in Egypt during Napoleon's campaign there,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) or from Portuguese amassar, to knead, from massa, dough (see [[mass]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|fr|massage|t=friction, kneading]] (by 1819),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from masser, to massage,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) possibly from [[ar|مَسَّ|tr=massa]], to touch, feel, handle, perhaps picked up in Egypt during Napoleon's campaign there,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) or from [[pt|amassar]], to knead, from [[m|pt|massa]], dough (see [[mass]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==