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Where does “macer” come from?

macer (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “macer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmacemace
2Vulgar Latinmattia—
3LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “macer”

  • maser
  • mazer
  • macer
  • mazard
  • megamaser
  • micromaser
  • kilomaser
  • mazer
  • maser
  • macer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →