Where does “Macula” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Macula”, step by step

Macula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

via Proto-Italic smatlom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsmatlom—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₂-tló-m—

Words derived from “Macula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →