Etymology of Massage

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• The word comes from the French rub down "friction of kneading," which, in flip, comes from the Arabic phrase مَسَّ massa meaning "to touch, experience". Others claim an foundation from the Portuguese amassar "knead," from the Latin massa which means "mass, dough," from the Greek verb μάσσω (massō) "to deal with, touch, to work with the arms, to knead dough".

• By comparison, the historic Greek phrase for rub down become anatripsis, and the Latin changed into frictio.