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MastEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mastEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mastEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mastEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Clipping of Masteron.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mastEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- MastEnglish · e-38538-8273
Mast, mast, n. a long upright pole for bearing the yards, rigging, &c. in a ship.—v.t. to supply with a mast or masts.—adj. Mast′ed.—n. Mast′-head, the head or top of the mast of a ship.—v.t. to raise to the mast-head: t
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Mast, mast, n. the fruit of the oak, beech, chestnut, and other forest trees, on which swine feed: nuts, acorns.—adjs. Mast′ful; Mast′less; Mast′y. [A.S. mæst; Ger. mast, whence mästen, to feed.]
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