Unknown. Cognate to Aromanian mãtsucã. Often considered to be from the Vulgar Latin root *matteūca, itself from *mattea or Latin mateola + a suffix *-ūca, of possibly Gallic origin (compare French massue, Occitan maçuga, Portuguese maça, machuca, Old Galician-Portuguese massuca, Italian mazza, mazzocca, Venetian mazuco), or an expressive creation based on the root măc-. Compare also Italian maciulla, Spanish machucar. The first element may derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, plow”).
Alternatively from Vulgar Latin mattiūca, itself from Late Latin mattia.
măciucă f (plural măciuci)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) măciucă | măciuca | (niște) măciuci | măciucile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) măciuci | măciucii | (unor) măciuci | măciucilor |
| vocative | măciucă, măciuco | măciucilor | ||