Mascon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Mascon
Noun
[edit]Mascon (plural Mascons)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Mascon m or f
Descendants
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- French lemmas
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- French masculine nouns
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