malha
Portuguese
/ˈma.ʎa/, /ˈma.ʎɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) mail, chainmail
- mesh structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them
- network
- (fashion) knitting; knitwear
Etymology
Borrowed from French maille (loop, mesh) derived from Latin *macla, macula (stain, spot, blemish, mesh, fault) derived from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smh₁-tleh₂
Gloss
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
- macchia Italian
- macchietta Italian
- macula Italian
- maglia Italian
- magliaio Italian
- maglieria Italian
- maglietta Italian
- maglificio Italian
- maglione Italian
- maglista Italian
- macle French
- macule French
- maille French
- mailler French
- maillon French
- malla Spanish, Castilian
- mancha Spanish, Castilian
- mangla Spanish, Castilian
- mácula Spanish, Castilian
- *smh₁-tleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- mancha Portuguese
- mangra 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
- mancha Asturian
- magle Friulian
- malha Old Occitan
- macia Venetian
- macchia Corsican
- machja Corsican