mascon · noun1
Blend of mass + concentration in 1960s by scientists Paul Muller and William Sjogren.
Mascon · proper noun, noun2
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*matus
- Gaulish · derived frommatus“bear”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromMasconis
- French · borrowed fromMascon
- English todayMascon
Borrowed from French Mascon, from 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”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.