Where does “machacre” come from?

machacre (Norman) comes from Old French macacre, from Latin mazacrium, from German matskelen, from German matsken, from Proto-Germanic maitaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

machacre (Norman): massacre

Definitions

  1. massacre

Ancestry of “machacre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmacacreslaughterhouse, butchery
2Latinmazacriummassacre, slaughter, killing; the head of a newly...
3Germanmatskelen—
4Germanmatsken—
5Proto-Germanicmaitanąto cut, hew; to cut off, sever
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—

Words derived from “machacre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maitaną →Every word from German matsken →