Where does “majar” come from?
majar (Spanish) comes from Romanian majă, from Hungarian mázsa, from Italian massa, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα, from Ancient Greek μάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- — to knead, stroke.
majar (Spanish): to crush; to pound; to grind
Definitions
- to crush; to pound; to grind
Ancestry of “majar”, step by step
majar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian majă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | majă | weight unit |
| 2 | Hungarian | mázsa | quintal |
| 3 | Italian | massa | mass; crowd |
| 4 | Latin | massa | mass, bulk; load, burden; dough |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μᾶζα | barley-bread or cake |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μάσσω | to handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ǵyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ǵ- | to knead, stroke |
via Old Spanish majo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | majo | — |
| 2 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |