macio

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin macies (“leanness”), which is from macer (“thin”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias)

  1. soft
  2. haggard, faded, faint, pale
  3. flabby, flaccid

References

  • “macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “macio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *matiō, *mattiō, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“someone who cuts, stonecutter”).

Noun

maciō m (genitive maciōnis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. mason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maciō maciōnēs
Genitive maciōnis maciōnum
Dative maciōnī maciōnibus
Accusative maciōnem maciōnēs
Ablative maciōne maciōnibus
Vocative maciō maciōnēs

Descendants

  • Old French: maçon, macon (manuscript form)
    • Middle French: maçon
      • French: maçon
    • → English: mason
    • → Old Spanish: maçonero

References

  • macio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from massa (“dough”) +‎ -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o

Adjective

macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias, comparable, comparative mais macio, superlative o mais macio or maciíssimo)

  1. soft

Wutunhua

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

macio

  1. bird

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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