The story
- Italian · derived frommascherone
- French · borrowed frommascaron
- English todaymascaron
From French mascaron, from Italian mascherone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mascaron
Today it means: A carved, ornamental face, either human-like or grotesque, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building. Full definition →
French mascaron ← Italian mascherone