Where does “macle” come from?

macle (French) comes from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

macle (French): twin crystal; mascle

Definitions

  1. twin crystal; mascle

Ancestry of “macle”, step by step

macle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Macula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

via Latin mascula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmasculainflection of māsculus: ## nominative/vocative...

Words derived from “macle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →