Where does “mastus” come from?

mastus (Latin) comes from Frankish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

mastus (Latin): ship mast

Definitions

  1. ship mast

Ancestry of “mastus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishmastship mast; mast
2Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

Words derived from “mastus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos