Where does “mahadero” come from?

mahadero (Tagalog) comes from Spanish majadero, from Spanish majar, from Romanian majă, from Hungarian mázsa, from Italian massa, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα, from Ancient Greek μάσσω — to knead, stroke.

Ancestry of “mahadero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmajaderofool; clown; pestle
2Spanishmajarto crush; to pound; to grind
3Romanianmajăweight unit
4Hungarianmázsaquintal
5Italianmassamass; crowd
6Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
7Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
8Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyétiEvery word from Ancient Greek μάσσω
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