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Where does “maculosus” come from?

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

maculosus (Latin): spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated;...

Definitions

  1. spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated;...

Ancestry of “maculosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

Words derived from “maculosus”

  • maculoso
  • maculose
  • maculicollis
  • maculose
  • maculoso
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