mast
Old French
noun
Definitions
- mast structure found on watercraft
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *mast (ship mast).
Origin
Frankish
*mast
Gloss
ship mast
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mastus Latin
- mât French
- mástil Spanish, Castilian
- *mast- Proto-Indo-European
- *mazdos Proto-Indo-European
- masto Portuguese
- mastro Portuguese
- *mastaz Proto-Germanic
- mæst Old English
- mastro Galician
- mât Norman
- mast Middle French
- *mast Old Dutch
- masto Old Portuguese
- mast Middle Low German
- mast Old Swedish
- *mast Frankish