Where does “masonry” come from?
Masonry comes from Middle English masonrie, from Old French maçonerie, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European mag- through Frankish makjo and Latin macio, denoting the craft of stone construction.
masonry (English): The art or occupation of a mason; The work or...
Definitions
- The art or occupation of a mason; The work or...
Ancestry of “masonry”, step by step
masonry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English masonry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | masonry | — |
| 2 | Old French | maçonerie | — |
| 3 | English | mason | A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build... |
| 4 | Middle English | masoun | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman French | machun | — |
| 6 | Old French | maçon | mason; builder |
| 7 | Latin | maciō | mason |
| 8 | Frankish | makōn | to build, make, work; to work, build, make; to... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Mason
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mason | A Freemason |