mastin

See also: Mastin and mastín

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mānsetīnus < *mānsuētīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”).

Noun

mastin oblique singular, m (oblique plural mastins, nominative singular mastins, nominative plural mastin)

1. guard dog

Descendants

• → Catalan: mastí
• → Middle English: mastyf, mastif, masty, mastyff, mestyf, maystyf, mestif
  • English: mastiff
    • → Welsh: mastiff
  • Scots: mastiff
• French: mâtin
• → Irish: maistín
• → Italian: mastino
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: mastin
  • Galician: mastín
  • Portuguese: mastim
• → Sicilian: mastinu