Where does “maillocher” come from?
maillocher (French) comes from French mailloche, from French mailler, from French maille, from Late Latin medalia, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
maillocher (French): to hit with a mailloche
Definitions
- to hit with a mailloche
Ancestry of “maillocher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mailloche | beetle; rake; a mallet drumstick |
| 2 | French | mailler | to mesh; to work, to pursue an activity for... |
| 3 | French | maille | stitch; mesh, the gap between threads in cloth... |
| 4 | Late Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |