Where does “mascòta” come from?

mascòta (Occitan) comes from Old Provencal masca, from Medieval Latin masca, from Proto-Germanic *maskā.

mascòta (Occitan): sortilege

Definitions

  1. sortilege

Ancestry of “mascòta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Provencalmasca—
2Medieval Latinmascaspecter, nightmare; mask; witch, hag
3Proto-Germanic*maskā—

Words derived from “mascòta”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *maskā →Every word from Medieval Latin masca →Every word from Old Provencal masca →