Where does “masted” come from?
Masted comes from English mast, from French masse, from Latin massa meaning "lump or mass," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- meaning "to knead or mix."
masted (English): Having masts; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- Having masts; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “masted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Mast | — |
| 2 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 3 | Old French | mace | mace |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “masted”