Where does “macula” come from?

macula (Romanian) comes from Latin maculāre, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

macula (Romanian): to mark, to spoil

Definitions

  1. to mark, to spoil

Ancestry of “macula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaculāre—
2LatinMacula—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

Words derived from “macula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →