Etymograph

English

maigre

Maigre comes from French maigre ‘meagre, skinny’, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’, and ultimately from *meh₂ḱ- ‘long’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mh₂ḱrós‘lean, meager’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacrum
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400megre
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaigre‘meagre, skinny’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂ḱ-‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mh₂ḱrós‘lean, meager’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacrum
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400megre
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaigre‘meagre, skinny’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘long’

machete, macron, 12 more

through Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

macro, meager, meagre, 6 more

Today it means

adj Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- / maigre

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