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masca
masca
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”); see mask for more.
Noun
masca f (plural mascas)
Synonyms
- (witch): fachilhièra, bruèissa
- (mask): masqueta
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēskō, *maskō (“mesh”), from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit”).
Noun
māsca f
Descendants
- German: Masche