macir

English edit

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Ailanthus triphysa

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin macir; doublet of mace.

Noun edit

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 edit

Ramic, Rimac, cimar

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

macis (Medieval Latin)

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir).

Noun edit

macir ? (indeclinable)

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

Descendants edit

→ 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)
      - → Maori: meihi
  - 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 edit

“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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