macchia
English
/mæk.ɪa/
noun
Definitions
- A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.
Etymology
Borrowed from Corsican machja derived from Latin macula (stain, spot, blemish, mesh, fault).
Origin
Latin
macula
Gloss
stain, spot, blemish, mesh, fault
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- macula lutea English
- maquis English
- *mac(u)lātus, *maculatus Latin
- *macla Latin
- *maculata, *mac(u)lāta Latin
- macella Latin
- macula Latin
- maculipennis Latin
- maculithorax Latin
- maculiventris Latin
- maculosus Latin
- mascula Latin
- makula Hungarian
- antimacchia Italian
- coprimacchia Italian
- macchia Italian
- macchiaiolo Italian
- macchieto Italian
- macchietta Italian
- macchioso Italian
- macula Italian
- smacchiare Italian
- macle French
- macule French
- maille French
- maquis French
- maquisard French
- mangla Spanish, Castilian
- maquis Spanish, Castilian
- mácula Spanish, Castilian
- *smh₁-tleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- maquis Portuguese
- mácula Portuguese
- mágoa Portuguese
- macula Middle English
- maille Old French
- maquerel Old French
- makulo Esperanto
- màcula Catalan, Valencian
- mancha Galician
- mágoa Galician
- magl Welsh
- makel Middle High German
- *smatlo- Proto-Italic
- magle Friulian
- malha Old Occitan
- macchia Corsican
- machja Corsican