Where does “mascheratura” come from?
mascheratura (Italian) comes from Italian mascherare, 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,...
mascheratura (Italian): masking; masquerade; disguise
Definitions
- masking; masquerade; disguise
Ancestry of “mascheratura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mascherare | to mask; to hide, conceal, disguise |
| 2 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 3 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |