machino

Latin

Alternative forms

• mācinō

Etymology

Verb based on māchina (“device, mill”), of Greek origin. Parallel formation to the Classical Latin verb māchinor (“plot, scheme”), but never found in a deponent form or with that sense.

Verb

māchinō (present infinitive māchināre, perfect active māchināvī, supine māchinātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin, nonstandard) mill, grind
   • 6th–7th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Rufus' De Podagra :

     ...et orobu id est heruum muccinatum [sic] et tricoscinatum...

     ...and orobos, that is eruum [cultivated vetch], ground and sieved...

   • 6th c. CE, Ravenna, Translation of Oribasius' Synopsis :

     Oportet autem antequam macenetur fricare leviter apud lenteum.

     But before it is ground up it should be gently rubbed with a cloth.

   • 6th c. CE, Itinerarium Antonini Placentini :

     asellum qui illis macinabat

     ...the donkey, which was turning the millstone for them...

Synonyms

• molō (Classical equivalent)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: matsin, mãtsinari
  • Romanian: măcina, măcinare
• Dalmatian:
  • macnur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: macinare
    • →? Ligurian: maxinâ
    • →? Piedmontese: maciné
  • Neapolitan: macenà
  • Sicilian: macinari
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: masnar, masnèr
  • Friulian: masanâ
  • Lombard: masnar
  • Romansch: masnar, masner
  • Venetian: maxenar, masnar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: maznar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: machinare, maghinare, marghinare (Logudorese), macinai (Campidanese)

References

• Adams, James Noel. 2007. The regional diversification of Latin. Cambridge University Press. 485–486.
• macinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “machinare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 376
• Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz. II. Band. Karte 254: macinare (scil. il grano) / mahlen – moudre 'macinare'