English
maculous
Maculous comes from Classical Latin maculōsus ‘spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to rub’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to rub’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaculōsus‘spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maculose
- Englishtodaymaculous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to rub’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaculōsus‘spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maculose
- Englishtodaymaculous
Equivalent to macula + -ous
Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥Htlóm
Proto-Italic *smaklom
Latin macula ‘spot, stain’
Middle English macula ‘spot on the skin or in the eye’
English macula
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *smaklom
through Latin macula ‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
Today it means
adj Macular, spotted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeH- / maculous