English
mactation
Mactation comes from Latin mactātiō ‘a slaying, killing’, from mactō ‘to sacrifice, slaughter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, increase’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘to raise, increase’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mh₂ḱtósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*maktos‘glorified, worshiped, honored, adored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactus‘glorified, worshiped, honored, adored’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactō‘to sacrifice, slaughter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactātiō‘a slaying, killing’
- Englishtodaymactation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘to raise, increase’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mh₂ḱtósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*maktos‘glorified, worshiped, honored, adored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactus‘glorified, worshiped, honored, adored’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactō‘to sacrifice, slaughter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmactātiō‘a slaying, killing’
- Englishtodaymactation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, increase’
macro, meager, meagre, 13 more
through Latin mactō ‘to sacrifice, slaughter’
Today it means
noun The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- / mactation