Where does “маз” come from?
маз (Russian) comes from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
маз (Russian): thick end of a billiards cue, mace
Definitions
- thick end of a billiards cue, mace
Ancestry of “маз”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 2 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 4 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |