Meaning

noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation

verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

verb give a massage to

originFrom French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0