Where does “mascota” come from?

mascota (Galician) comes from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta, from Old Provencal masca, from Medieval Latin masca, from Proto-Germanic *maskā.

mascota (Galician): pet; mascot

Definitions

  1. pet; mascot

Ancestry of “mascota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmascottemascot
2Occitanmascòtasortilege
3Old Provencalmasca—
4Medieval Latinmascaspecter, nightmare; mask; witch, hag
5Proto-Germanic*maskā—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *maskā →Every word from Medieval Latin masca →Every word from Old Provencal masca →