Etymology

stonemason

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Today it means: One who works in stone. Full definition →

English mason ← Middle English ston ← Old English stān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  4. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stain
  6. Old Englishstān
  7. Middle Englishston
  8. Englishstone
  9. Englishmason
  10. English todaystonemason

From stone + mason.

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