Where does “maquisard” come from?

maquisard (French) comes from French maquis, from Corsican macchia, from Vulgar Latin macla, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

maquisard (French): maquisard member of a resistance or guerrilla movement

Definitions

  1. maquisard member of a resistance or guerrilla movement

Ancestry of “maquisard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaquismacchia; thicket; resistance, underground
2Corsicanmacchia—
3Vulgar Latinmaclamedieval spelling of macula; ablative singular of...
4LatinMacula—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

Words derived from “maquisard”

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