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Please define mascot... The root word of mascot being mask....
Oxford: "a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization."
Also has absolutely nothing to do with the word mask. "late 19th century: from French mascotte, from modern Provençal mascotto, feminine diminutive of masco ‘witch’."
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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