Where does “маскарад” come from?
маскарад (Kazakh) comes from Russian маскара́д, from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, 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,...
маскарад (Kazakh): masquerade, masked ball
Definitions
- masquerade, masked ball
Ancestry of “маскарад”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | маскара́д | masquerade, masked ball |
| 2 | French | mascarade | masquerade, masque; farce |
| 3 | Italian | mascherata | masquerade; feminine singular of mascherato |
| 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,... |