maçon
French
Etymology
From Middle French maçon (“mason”) from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciō, 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, *mattukaz (“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
- IPA(key): /ma.sɔ̃/
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Noun
maçon m (plural maçons, feminine maçonne)
- mason, stonemason; builder
- (Freemasonry) Mason, Freemason
Derived terms
- franc-maçon
- maçonnerie
Descendants
- → Turkish: mason
Further reading
- “maçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- macon (older manuscripts)
Etymology
Old French maçon.
Noun
maçon m (plural maçons)
- mason; builder
Descendants
- French: maçon
Old French
Alternative forms
- macon (manuscript form)
Etymology
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, *mattukaz (“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈt͡sun/
Noun
maçon m (oblique plural maçons, nominative singular maçons, nominative plural maçon)
- mason; builder
- circa 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
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Descendants
- English: mason
- Middle French: maçon
- French: maçon
- Old Spanish: maçonero
- Spanish: mazonero
Portuguese
Noun
maçon m (plural maçons)
- Alternative form of mação