English

maculation

From macule + -ate + -ion.

A compound of macule + -ate + -ion

Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’

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Proto-Italic *smaklom

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

Middle French macule

Middle English macule

Today it means

noun The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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

Etymograph / maculation