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Where does “masaker” come from?

masaker (Tagalog) comes from English 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.

masaker (Tagalog): massacre

Definitions

  1. massacre

Ancestry of “masaker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmassacreThe killing of a considerable number where...
2Middle Frenchmassacremassacre
3Old Frenchmacecrer—
4Vulgar Latinmatteuculare—
5Latinmatteuca—
6Latinmattia—
7LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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