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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

  1. Having masts; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “masted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMast—
2Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
3Old Frenchmacemace
4Vulgar Latinmattia—
5LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “masted”

  • undermasted
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