It’s this crazy thing where English being a germanic-based language with heavy French influences can have multiple changes to words meaning a over a thousand years span.
You are correct that in the 1700s the word you are referring to meant what you said it did. I am referring to the indo Germanic root word of that word. If you’re not familiar the English French and Germanic languages are all Indo Germanic languages.
If only you knew how to click the sources button in the wiki link that I linked above… 11 hours ago…
https://www.dwds.de/wb/etymwb/Maske
It’s this crazy thing where English being a germanic-based language with heavy French influences can have multiple changes to words meaning a over a thousand years span.
You are correct that in the 1700s the word you are referring to meant what you said it did. I am referring to the indo Germanic root word of that word. If you’re not familiar the English French and Germanic languages are all Indo Germanic languages.
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