mácula
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) macula spot near the center of the retina
- (poetic) stain discolored spot or area
Etymology
Borrowed 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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- macula lutea 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
- macchietta Italian
- macula Italian
- macle French
- macule French
- maille French
- mangla Spanish, Castilian
- *smh₁-tleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- 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
- machja Corsican