Where does “mât” come from?
mât (French) comes from Middle French mast, from Old French mast, from Latin mastus, from Frankish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
mât (French): mast; flagstaff
Definitions
- mast; flagstaff
Ancestry of “mât”, step by step
mât traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French mast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 2 | Old French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 3 | Latin | mastus | ship mast |
| 4 | Frankish | mast | ship mast; mast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mastaz | rod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mazdos | pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,... |
via Latin mattus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 2 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 3 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 4 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via French échec et mat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échec et mat | checkmate |
| 2 | Old French | eschec mat | Alternative form of eschec et mat |
| 3 | Arabic | شاه مات | — |
| 4 | Persian | شاه مات | checkmate |