Where does “macetear” come from?
macetear (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese macete, from Portuguese maço, from Old Portuguese maço, from Old Portuguese maça, from Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
macetear (Portuguese): to hit with a mallet, to mallet
Definitions
- to hit with a mallet, to mallet
Ancestry of “macetear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | macete | a wooden mallet used to hit chisels |
| 2 | Portuguese | maço | bunch, heap; packet, pack |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | maço | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | maça | — |
| 5 | Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |