mâcher
French
verb
Definitions
- to chew
- (informal) to begin or prepare some work
Etymology
Inherited from Latin masticāre.
Origin
Latin
masticāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- masticāre Latin
- mastiquer French
- mâchoire French
- mâchonner French
- remâcher French
- maĉi Esperanto
- mastegar Catalan, Valencian
- masticar Catalan, Valencian
- mesteca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mäschere Alemannic German
- mastegar Occitan
- mastiâ Friulian
- mache Haitian, Haitian Creole
- machwè Antillean Creole