English
matadero
Matadero comes from Spanish matadero ‘a place for killing’, and goes back to matar ‘to kill, slay’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmatar‘to kill, slay’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmatadero‘a place for killing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1909same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmatar‘to kill, slay’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmatadero‘a place for killing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1909same form
Earliest quotation: 1909, Report of the Philippine Commission to t: “In connection with one of these markets a matadero…”
Every English word from Spanish matar
Today it means
noun A slaughterhouse or abattoir.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish matar / matadero