English
Mascon
Mascon comes from Medieval Latin Masconis.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Masconis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMascon
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Masconis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMascon
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from French Mascon, from Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (‘bear’) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (‘good’)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (‘-ish: forming adjectives’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- ‘to ripen, to mature’
most, mo, mature, mistress, maturity, mat, maduro, maturation, matinee, demure, magisterial, matin, mañana, 20 more
Today it means
name Synonym of Mâcon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin Masconis / Mascon