Etymograph

English

macle

Macle comes from French macle ‘twin crystal’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmacle‘twin crystal’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmacle‘twin crystal’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *smaklom

mailed, maillot, 7 more

through Latin macula ‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’

mail, mackerel, mancha, macchiato, macula, 9 more

Today it means

noun Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.

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

Etymograph / French macle / macle

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