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Where does “mashie” come from?

mashie (English) comes from French massue, from Old French massüe, from Old French maçugue, from Vulgar Latin matteuca, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mashie (English): A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft,...

Definitions

  1. A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft,...

Ancestry of “mashie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmassueclub
2Old Frenchmassüe—
3Old Frenchmaçugue—
4Vulgar Latinmatteuca—
5Vulgar Latinmattia—
6LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mashie”

  • mashy
  • mid-mashie
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