Where does “beechmast” come from?
beechmast (English) comes from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
beechmast (English): The mast or nuts of the beech tree
Definitions
- The mast or nuts of the beech tree
Ancestry of “beechmast”, step by step
beechmast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mast | — |
| 2 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 3 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English beech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beech | A tree of the genus "Fagus" having a smooth,... |
| 2 | Middle English | beche | beech |
| 3 | Old English | bēċe | beech |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bytьje | existence, beinghood |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | bȉti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | bìti | to beat |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | bī́ˀtei | to beat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyh₂- | to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut |