macir

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English

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Ailanthus triphysa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin macir; doublet of mace.

Noun

macir (uncountable)

(historical) A spicy red bark from India, imported to the Roman Empire in the first century CE, possibly the fragrant resin of Ailanthus triphysa

Anagrams

Rimac, Marci, cimar, Ramic, Mirac, Carmi

Latin

Alternative forms

macis (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir).

Noun

macir ? (indeclinable)

(hapax) a kind of red spicy bark brought from India

Descendants

→ English: macir (learned)

(From the Medieval Latin macis:)

→ Old French: macis
- Middle French: macis
  - → Middle English: macys, maas, mace, maces, macez, macz, mases, masis, masys, mauce
    - English: mace
      - → Japanese: メース (meisu)
      - → Korean: 메이스 (meiseu)
      - → Maori: meihi
      - → Welsh: mês
  - French: macis
    - → Greek: μασίς (masís)
→ Galician: macis
→ German: Macis
→ Italian: macis
→ Portuguese: macis
→ Russian: ма́цис (mácis)
→ Serbo-Croatian: macis
→ Spanish: macis
→ Ukrainian: ма́цис (mácys)

References

“macir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
macir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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