Etymograph

English

macule

Macule comes from Classical Latin macula ‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600macule
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600macule
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *smaklom

mailed, maillot, 8 more

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

mail, mackerel, mancha, macchiato, 10 more

Today it means

noun A spot.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeH- / macule

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