mason
English
/ˈmeɪsən/
noun
Definitions
- A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
- One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English masoun derived from machun derived from Old French maçon derived from Latin macio, maciō, machiō derived from Frankish *makōn (build, work, make) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (knead, make, mix, work, great, press) derived from Proto-Germanic *matją derived from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (mattock, hoe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mat-
Gloss
mattock, hoe
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Machin English
- Masonism English
- antimason English
- antimasonic English
- antimasonry English
- free English
- freemason English
- freemasonry English
- masondom English
- masoness English
- masonhood English
- masonic English
- masonically English
- masonried English
- masonry English
- masonrylike English
- masonwork English
- nonmason English
- stonemasonry English
- macio Latin
- macio, maciō, machiō Latin
- maciō Latin
- mācerātus Latin
- māior Latin
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- *mat- Proto-Indo-European
- *makaz Proto-Germanic
- *makkô Proto-Germanic
- *matją Proto-Germanic
- *maþô Proto-Germanic
- masonry Middle English
- masoun Middle English
- masson, maçon, machun Old French
- maçon Old French
- maçon Middle French
- *makōn gmw-pro
- met Middle Low German
- *makjo Frankish
- *makōn Frankish
- *mati Frankish
- machun xno
- mesin Hausa
- maquier Picard