Etymology of the French word masque
the French word
masquederived from the Old Italian word
mascheraderived from the Latin word
mascaDate
The earliest known usage of masque in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
démasquer,
masquerDerivations in other languages
English
mask, English
masqueCognates
Dutch
masker, English
mask, French
masquer, German
Maske, German
maskieren, Italian
maschera, Italian
mascherare, Lithuanian
maskuoti, Norwegian
maske, Nynorsk
makk, Polish
maska, Portuguese
mascara, Provençal
mascarar, Riksmal
mark, Russian
мacкиpoвaть, Russian
мacкa, Spanish
mascara, Swedish
mask
