Where does “mât” come from?

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

mât (Norman): mast

Definitions

  1. mast

Ancestry of “mât”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmastmast structure found on watercraft
2Latinmastusship mast
3Frankishmastship mast; mast
4Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mastaz →Every word from Frankish mast →
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