Where does “maçonner” come from?
maçonner (French) comes from French maçon, from Middle French maçon, from Old French maçon, from Latin maciō, from Frankish makōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
maçonner (French): to face, render; to brick up
Definitions
- to face, render; to brick up
Ancestry of “maçonner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | maçon | mason, stonemason; builder; Mason, Freemason |
| 2 | Middle French | maçon | mason; builder |
| 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 |