noun, masculine/ma.sɔ̃/plural: maçons
bricklayer, mason, builder; Mason, Freemason
Inherited from Middle French maçon (“mason”) from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciōnem, machiō (“carpenter, brick-layer”) (attested 7th century by Isidore de Séville). Akin to Old High German steinmezzo (“stone mason”), mahhōn (“to make, work”). More at make, mattock.