Galician edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. mason

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

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

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old French: maçon, macon
    • Middle French: maçon
      • French: maçon
    • English: mason
    • Old Spanish: maçonero

References edit

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

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o

Adjective edit

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

  1. soft

Wutunhua edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

macio

  1. bird

References edit

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN