maçon

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See also: macon, Macon, Mâcon, and Macoń

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ma.sɔ̃/
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Noun

maçon m (plural maçons, feminine maçonne)

  1. mason, stonemason; builder
  2. (Freemasonry) Mason, Freemason

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mauritian Creole: mason
  • Turkish: mason

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • macon (older manuscripts)

Etymology

Old French maçon.

Noun

maçon m (plural maçons)

  1. mason; builder

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

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, *mattjuk (ploghshare, mattock), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (hoe, mattock).

Pronunciation

Noun

maçon oblique singularm (oblique plural maçons, nominative singular maçons, nominative plural maçon)

  1. 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.

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧çon

Noun

maçon m (plural maçons)

  1. Alternative form of mação