mastus

mastus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *mast (“ship mast”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tus/, [ˈmäs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tus/, [ˈmäst̪us]

Noun

mastus m (genitive mastī); second declension[1][2]

1. (Medieval Latin) ship mast

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mastus	mastī
Genitive	mastī	mastōrum
Dative	mastō	mastīs
Accusative	mastum	mastōs
Ablative	mastō	mastīs
Vocative	maste	mastī

Descendants

• Old French: mast, maste
  • Middle French: mast
    • French: mât
  • Norman: mât
  • → Spanish: maste
    • ⇒ Spanish: mástel (spelling influenced by árbol)
      • ⇒ Spanish: mástil
  • → Old Portuguese: masto, maste
    • Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
      • ⇒ Portuguese: mastaréu
• Occitan: mast

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “mastus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 660
2. mastus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)