Where does “mancha” come from?

mancha (Galician) comes from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

mancha (Galician): stain; blemish; spot; flaw

Definitions

  1. stain; blemish; spot; flaw

Ancestry of “mancha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →