Where does “macac” come from?

macac (Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic macati, from Tagalog Makati, from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

macac (Romanian): macaque

Definitions

  1. macaque

Ancestry of “macac”, step by step

macac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic macati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmacati
2TagalogMakatiitchy
3Tagalogma-Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;...
4Icelandiclandithe people, general population; a fellow...
5Icelandiclandland, earth, ground; country; countryside,...
6Old Norselandland
7Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via French macaque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmacaquemacaque; monkey; clown
2Portuguesemacacomonkey, ape; mechanical jack; black; negro
3EnglishMadagascarA resident of Madagascar
4Middle FrenchMadagascar
5EnglishMogadishuThe government of Somalia
6Arabicمَقَدِيشُو
7Persian[[شاه]] [[مقعد]]

Words derived from “macac

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-