Where does “maculose” come from?
maculose (Italian) comes from Italian maculoso, from Latin maculosus, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.
maculose (Italian): feminine plural of maculoso
Definitions
- feminine plural of maculoso
Ancestry of “maculose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | maculoso | spotty, spotted; macular |
| 2 | Latin | maculosus | spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated;... |
| 3 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |