English
masoness
From mason + -ess.
Formed from mason + -ess
Proto-West Germanic *mattjō ‘someone who cuts, stonecutter’
Late Latin maciō ‘carpenter, bricklayer’
Anglo-Norman machun
Middle English masoun
English mason
Today it means
noun A female Freemason.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / masoness