Where does “massacre” come from?
massacre (French) comes from Middle French massacre, from Old French macecrer, from Vulgar Latin matteuculare, from Latin matteuca, from Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
massacre (French): massacre; first-person singular present...
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- massacre; first-person singular present...
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