English
emaciation
From emaciate + -ion.
A compound of emaciate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, increase’
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Latin macer ‘thin’
Latin maciēs ‘leanness’
Latin ēmaciō ‘to make lean, to cause to waste away’
Latin ēmaciātus
English emaciate
Today it means
noun The act of making very lean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / emaciation