Mâcon

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*matus
2. Gaulish · derived frommatus“bear”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromMasconis
4. French · borrowed fromMâcon
5. English todayMâcon

Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).

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