Reconstruction:Latin/maccare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly a variant of maculāre (“to stain”), altered for onomatopoeic reasons.

Verb

*maccare

1. to batter, strike, bruise, dent

   Synonym: contundō

Descendants

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: macar, ⇒ maca
  • Portuguese: macar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: ammaccà
  • Italian: maccare, ⇒ ammaccare, macco
  • Neapolitan: ammaccare
  • Sicilian: ammaccari
  • Venetan: macar
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: macar
  • Occitan: macar

References

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ammaccare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati