The story
- Late Latin · derived frommaciō“carpenter, bricklayer”
- Old French · derived frommaçon
- Anglo-Norman · derived frommachun
- Middle English · inherited frommasoun
- English todaymason
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
Words from the same roots
Anglo-Normanmachun all →
MachenMachin
Old Frenchmaçon all →
Machen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.