macio
Portuguese
/mɐ.ˈsi.u/, /ma.ˈsi.u/
adj
Definitions
- soft
Etymology
Suffix from Portuguese massa (dough) derived from Arabic ماسي.
Origin
Arabic
ماسي
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malacia English
- malaco- English
- malacoderm English
- malacosteon English
- malacia Latin
- malacia Italian
- malaco- Italian
- malaco- French
- μαλακία Ancient Greek
- μαλακίζομαι Ancient Greek
- μαλακός Ancient Greek
- *mlh₂ekos Proto-Indo-European
- amaciante Portuguese
- amaciar Portuguese
- biomassa Portuguese
- maciar Portuguese
- massa Portuguese
- massificar Portuguese
- ماسي Arabic
- malaksati Serbo-Croatian
- smalaksati Serbo-Croatian
- малаксати Serbo-Croatian
- смалаксати Serbo-Croatian
- massa Old Portuguese
- μαλάκα gkm