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Where does “massacreuse” come from?

massacreuse (French) comes from French massacrer, from Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, from Vulgar Latin matteuculare, from Latin matteuca, from Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

massacreuse (French): female equivalent of massacreur

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of massacreur

Ancestry of “massacreuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmassacrerto massacre; to do something badly
2Middle Frenchmassacrer—
3Old Frenchmacecrer—
4Vulgar Latinmatteuculare—
5Latinmatteuca—
6Latinmattia—
7LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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