Where does “szájmaszk” come from?
szájmaszk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian maszk, 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- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
szájmaszk (Hungarian): face mask, surgical mask a mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose
Definitions
- face mask, surgical mask a mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose
Ancestry of “szájmaszk”, step by step
szájmaszk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian maszk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | maszk | mask that which disguises |
| 2 | German | Maske | mask; workspace of an make-up artist |
| 3 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |