Where does “reedmace” come from?
reedmace (English) comes from English mace, from Middle English mace, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
reedmace (English): A water plant, the cattail
Definitions
- A water plant, the cattail
Ancestry of “reedmace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mace | A heavy fighting club; A ceremonial form of this... |
| 2 | Middle English | mace | A war club or mace; A club used for ceremonial... |
| 3 | Old French | mace | mace |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |