Where does “macacre” come from?

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

macacre (Old French): slaughterhouse, butchery

Definitions

  1. slaughterhouse, butchery

Ancestry of “macacre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “macacre”

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