Where does “made” come from?

Made derives from Middle English mathe, Old English maþa, Middle French -ie, and Latin -ium, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European mag- meaning to knead or mix.

made (English): A grub or maggot; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. A grub or maggot; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “made”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmadeAlternative form of madde; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishmacode
3Old Englishmacianto make
4Emilianmâciaspot, stain
5LatinMacula
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

Words derived from “made

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-
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