Etymograph

English

eyemask

From eye + mask.

A compound of eye + mask

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *mosgʷ- ‘netting, mesh, knot, loop’

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Proto-West Germanic *maskā ‘mesh, net’

Medieval Latin masca

Italian maschera ‘mask, disguise’

Middle French masque ‘a covering to hide or protect the face’

English mask

Today it means

noun A mask that covers the eyes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eyemask