mastin

See also: Mastin and mastín

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mānsetīnus < *mānsuētīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”).

Noun

mastin oblique singular, m (oblique plural mastins, nominative singular mastins, nominative plural mastin)

guard dog

Descendants

→ Catalan: mastí
→ Middle English: mastyf, mastif, masty, mastyff, mestyf, maystyf, mestif
- English: mastiff
  - → Welsh: mastiff
- Scots: mastiff
French: mâtin
→ Irish: maistín
→ Italian: mastino
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: mastin
- Galician: mastín
- Portuguese: mastim
→ Sicilian: mastinu

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