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mastiff

/ˈmæstəf/MA-stuhf
/ˈmæstəf/MA-stuhf

Meaninghouse dog

Common meaning: large powerful dog

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘remain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 260, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old Frenchmestif‘house dog’source
  3. Anglo-Frenchmastin‘mastiff’source
  4. Middle Englishmeaning shiftshouse dog → large dogmeséif‘large dog’source
  5. Englishmastiff‘large powerful dog’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French mestif ‘house dog’.

Roots

  • mestif Old French “house dog”

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