Where does “Maskenfetischist” come from?
Maskenfetischist (German) comes from German Maske, from French masqué, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
Maskenfetischist (German): one who has a sexual fetish for masks
Definitions
- one who has a sexual fetish for masks
Ancestry of “Maskenfetischist”, step by step
Maskenfetischist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Maske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Maske | mask; workspace of an make-up artist |
| 2 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 3 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 4 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |
via German Fetischist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fetischist | fetishist |