Etymograph

English

madarotic

Madarotic comes from Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις ‘baldness, especially of the eyelids’, from μᾰδᾰρόω ‘make bald’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to be wet, to become wet’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂d-‘to be wet, to become wet’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαδάωmadáō‘I fall off, am bald’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμᾰδᾰρόςmădărós‘bald’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμᾰδᾰρόω‘make bald’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμαδάρωσιςmadárōsis‘baldness, especially of the eyelids’
  6. Englishtodaymadarotic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂d-‘to be wet, to become wet’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαδάωmadáō‘I fall off, am bald’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμᾰδᾰρόςmădărós‘bald’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμᾰδᾰρόω‘make bald’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμαδάρωσιςmadárōsis‘baldness, especially of the eyelids’
  6. Englishtodaymadarotic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to be wet, to become wet’

meet, meat, mate, mod, moot, amadou, 12 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- / madarotic

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