Where does “massacrer” come from?
massacrer (French) comes from Middle French massacrer, 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.
massacrer (French): to massacre; to do something badly
Definitions
- to massacre; to do something badly
Ancestry of “massacrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | massacrer | — |
| 2 | Old French | macecrer | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | matteuculare | — |
| 4 | Latin | matteuca | club (heavy object) |
| 5 | Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |