mastus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *mast (“ship mast”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tus/, [ˈmas.tʊs]

Noun

mastus m (genitive mastī); second declension[1][2]

(Medieval Latin, nautical) ship mast

Declension

Second declension.

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

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “mastus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 660
mastus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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