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English word mason comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) machun, Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yes-, and later Frankish *makkijō (Builder, maker.)
machun (Old French)
*maǵ-yes- (Proto-Indo-European)
machun (Anglo-Norman)
*makjô (Proto-Germanic)
*makkijō (Frankish)
Builder, maker.
*maz (Old French)
machun (Middle English)
mason (English)
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.. One who prepares stone for building purposes. (transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons.