{"id":1268,"date":"2021-07-24T13:28:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T13:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2021-07-24T13:55:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T13:55:52","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-19-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology 19 &#8211; Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 19 &amp;#8211; Masks\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-07-24T13:28:18+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word mask [m\u0251\u02d0sk\/m\u00e6sk].\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \ta covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it\n \tappearance or behaviour that hides the truth [source]\n\nIt comes from the Middle Fr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_813\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1268-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1268-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"masks2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word <strong>mask<\/strong> [m\u0251\u02d0sk\/m\u00e6sk].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/selfie240721.jpg\" alt=\"Me in a mask\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it<\/li>\n<li>appearance or behaviour that hides the truth [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/mask\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle French word <em>masque<\/em> (a covering to hide or protect the face), from  the Italian <em>maschera<\/em> [\u02c8mas.ke.ra] (mask, disguise), from the Medieval Latin <em>masca<\/em> (witch, hag, spectre, nightmare, mask), from the Proto-West Germanic  <em>*mask\u0101<\/em> (mesh), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*maskw\u01ed<\/em> (loop, knot, mesh, netting, mesh used as a filter, facemask). The English words <strong>mesh<\/strong> and <strong>mascara<\/strong> come from the same root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/mask#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0c_SKLKk63A\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0c_SKLKk63A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 19 &amp;#8211; Masks\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-07-24T13:28:18+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word mask [m\u0251\u02d0sk\/m\u00e6sk].\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \ta covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it\n \tappearance or behaviour that hides the truth [source]\n\nIt comes from the Middle Fr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_814\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1268-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1268-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/masks2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"masks2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word mask [m\u0251\u02d0sk\/m\u00e6sk]. Definition: a covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it appearance or behaviour that hides the truth [source] It comes from the Middle French word masque (a covering to hide or protect the face), from the Italian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,23,4,50,1,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}