mason

• n. 石工；フリーメーソン（フリーメイソンと同義）
• vt.石工で建物を建てる

古フランス語のmasson, masonから、おそらく原語ゲルマン語の*mait, to chop, splitから、PIE *mai, to chopから、語源的にはsmith, maimと同じ、またはPIE *mag, to knead, pinch, formから、語源的にはmake, massageと同じ。語源的にはFreemasonからのMasonicの省略形。

mason

mason: [13] English originally acquired mason in the form machun, from Anglo-Norman. In the 14th century it was remodelled as masoun or mason on the basis of Old French masson. The derivation of this is disputed. Some etymologists claim that it comes via a Vulgar Latin *matiō from prehistoric Germanic *mattjon (source of German steinmetz ‘stonemason’), but an alternative theory traces it back to a Frankish *makjo, a derivative of *makōn ‘make’.

mason (n.)

c. 1200, "stoneworker" (as a surname, early 12c.), from Old French masson, ma?on "stone mason" (Old North French machun), probaby from Frankish *makjo or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German steinmezzo "stone mason," Modern German Steinmetz, second element related to mahhon "to make;" see make (v.)). But it also might be from, or influenced by, Medieval Latin machio, matio (7c.) which is said by Isidore to be derived from machina (see machine). The medieval word also might be from the root of Latin maceria "wall." Meaning "a Freemason" is attested from early 15c. in Anglo-French.

1. Mason was uninhibited in his questions about Foster 's family.

メイソンはフォスターの家族についてはばかることなく質問した。

2.He did impressions of Sean Connery and James Mason .

ショーン?コネリーとジェームズ?メイソンを滑稽に模倣した。

3. Mason went home for a couple of hours 'kip.

メイソンは家に帰って数時間寝た。

4.Mr. Mason walked out during the performance.

メイソンさんは公演中に退場した。

5.He carved marble faster than any mason .

彼は大理石を彫刻する速度がどの石工よりも速い。