English
matraca
Matraca comes from Spanish matraca ‘ratchet, wooden rattle’, from dialecto ‘dialect’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*léǵ-e-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλέγομαιdialégomai
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰ́λεκτοςdĭắlektos‘discourse, conversation’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdialecto
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘dialect’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentdialectal
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmatraca‘ratchet, wooden rattle’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*léǵ-e-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαλέγομαιdialégomai
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰ́λεκτοςdĭắlektos‘discourse, conversation’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdialecto
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘dialect’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentdialectal
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmatraca‘ratchet, wooden rattle’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, collection, lesson, select, elite, collect, logic, eligible, apology, elect, elegant, legion, sociology, coil, analogy, terminology, trilogy, negligence, physiology, logos, pathology, negligible, negligent, monologue, diligent, prologue, archaeologist, logistic, eulogy, leach, pathologist, cull, etymology, epistemology, entomology, homologous, etiology, lignite, lignin, legation, 162 more
through Proto-Hellenic *légō ‘to gather’
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
technology, catalogue, astrology, epilogue, lexicon, cosmology, lexical, gynecologist, dialectic, alexia, lexis, dialogic, 19 more
through Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι
Today it means
noun A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / matraca