mascot

mascot
mascot (n.) "talisman, charm," 1881, from provincial Fr. mascotte "sorcerer's charm, 'faerie friend,' good luck piece" (19c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from or related to Prov. mascoto "sorcery, fetish" (Cf. Narbonnese manuscript, 1233, mascotto "procuress, enchantment, bewitchment in gambling"), from masco "witch," from O.Prov. masca, itself of unknown origin, perhaps from M.L. masca "mask, specter, nightmare" (see MASK (Cf. mask) (n.)). Popularized by French composer Edmond Audran's 1880 comic operetta "La Mascotte," about a household "fairy" who gives luck to an Italian peasant, performed in a toned-down translation in England from fall 1881.

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