maçon
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French maçon (“mason”) from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciōnem, machiō (“carpenter, brick-layer”) (attested 7th century by Isidore de Séville), of Germanic origin, from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploughshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”). Akin to Old High German steinmezzo (“stone mason”), mahhōn (“to make, work”). More at make, mattock.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maçon m (plural maçons, feminine maçonne)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: mason
Further reading edit
- “maçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
- macon (older manuscripts)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
maçon m (plural maçons)
Descendants edit
- French: maçon
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- macon (manuscript form)
Etymology edit
From Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural maçons, nominative singular maçons, nominative plural maçon)
- mason; builder
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Maçons fist querre et carpenters
Si fist refaire les mousters- He searched for masons and carpenters
in order to rebuild the minsters.
- He searched for masons and carpenters
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧çon
Noun edit
maçon m (plural maçons)
- Alternative form of mação