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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Mascon, from Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Proper noun
Mascon
- (obsolete) Synonym of Mâcon.
Noun
Mascon (plural Mascons)
- (obsolete) Synonym of Macon.
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Proper noun
Mascon m or f
- (obsolete) Mâcon
Descendants