Etymograph

English

jiggermast

From jigger + mast.

A compound of jigger + mast

Proto-Indo-European *mazdos ‘pole, mast’

Proto-Germanic *mastaz ‘mast, sail-pole’

Proto-West Germanic *mast

Old English mæst

Middle English mast

English mast

Today it means

noun The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.

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

Etymograph / jiggermast