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Why would you so confidently try to call somone out without even bothering to look it up?
The root of the word mascot isn't mask, mascot is borrowed from french mascotte.
And you linking to a Wiktionary article of a different word doesn't prove any point you're trying to make.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mascot https://www.etymonline.com/word/mascot
Feel free to reapond with any source claiming differently
Confidently incorrect
Mariam Webster Mascot a person, animal, or object adopted by a group or groups as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck
Masca Indo Germanic
meaning face covering.
Aka the root word of mascara... The witchy connotation comes in from certain type of masks that were worn in the middle ages but does not describe the act of wearing a mask. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/masca