Where does “mascòta” come from?
mascòta (Occitan) comes from Old Provencal masca, from Medieval Latin masca, from Proto-Germanic *maskā.
mascòta (Occitan): sortilege
Ancestry of “mascòta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Provencal | masca | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | masca | specter, nightmare; mask; witch, hag |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *maskā | — |
Words derived from “mascòta”