mastus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *mast (“ship mast”). Found in the 8th-century Reichenau Glossary.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mastus m (genitive mastī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. ship mast

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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 Galician-Portuguese: masto, maste
    • Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
      • ⇒ Portuguese: mastaréu
• Occitan: mast