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