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Where does “macerate” come from?

macerate (Italian) comes from Italian macerato, from Italian macerare, from Latin mācerāre.

macerate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “macerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaceratomacerated, soaked; macerate; past participle of...
2Italianmacerareto macerate, soak; to torment, mortify, distress
3Latinmācerāre—
Every word from Latin mācerāre →