Where does “mason” come from?
Mason comes from Middle English masoun, from Old French maçon, from Latin macio, from Frankish makjo, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European mag- meaning to knead or mix.
mason (English): A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build...
Definitions
- A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build...
Ancestry of “mason”, step by step
mason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English masoun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | masoun | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman French | machun | — |
| 3 | Old French | maçon | mason; builder |
| 4 | Latin | maciō | mason |
| 5 | Frankish | makōn | to build, make, work; to work, build, make; to... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle English machun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | machun | — |