English
maskal
From mask + -al.
Formed from mask + -al
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
adj Being masked, such as a masquerade ball.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / maskal