Etymograph

English

macilence

Macilence comes from Medieval Latin macilentia ‘leanness, thinness, meagerness’, from macilentus ‘lean, thin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘to increase’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaciēs‘leanness’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500macilentus‘lean, thin’
  4. Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500macilentia‘leanness, thinness, meagerness’
  5. Englishtodaymacilence

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘to increase’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaciēs‘leanness’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500macilentus‘lean, thin’
  4. Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500macilentia‘leanness, thinness, meagerness’
  5. Englishtodaymacilence

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

macro, meager, meagre, machete, 13 more

Today it means

noun Leanness; emaciation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- / macilence

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