Where does “masakr” come from?
masakr (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French massacre, from Middle French massacre, from Old French macecrer, from Vulgar Latin matteuculare, from Latin matteuca, from Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
masakr (Serbo-Croatian): massacre
Definitions
- massacre
Ancestry of “masakr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | massacre | massacre; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Middle French | massacre | massacre |
| 3 | Old French | macecrer | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | matteuculare | — |
| 5 | Latin | matteuca | club (heavy object) |
| 6 | Latin | mattia | — |
| 7 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |