Where does “massacre” come from?
Massacre comes from Middle French massacre, derived from French massacrer, from Middle French massacrer and Old French macecrer, ultimately from Latin mattea, a word of uncertain origin possibly related to Proto-Indo-European mat.
massacre (English): The killing of a considerable number where...
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- The killing of a considerable number where...
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