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
Ancestry of “machacre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | macacre | slaughterhouse, butchery |
| 2 | Latin | mazacrium | massacre, slaughter, killing; the head of a newly... |
| 3 | German | matskelen | — |
| 4 | German | matsken | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maitaną | to cut, hew; to cut off, sever |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |
Words derived from “machacre”