μαστίχη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I chew”).

Noun

μαστίχη • (mastíkhē) f (genitive μαστίχης); first declension

mastic

Descendants

Greek: μαστίχα (mastícha)
→ Hebrew: מַסְטִיק‎ (mástik), מַסְטִיקָא‎ (mastíka)
→ Latin: mastiche
- Old French: mastic
  - → Middle English: mastik, mastyk, masstyk, mastykk, mastike, mastic, mastix
    - English: mastic

References

μαστίχη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μαστίχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
mastic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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