macio

Galician

Etymology

From Latin macies (“leanness”), which is from macer (“thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaθjo̝/

Adjective

macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias)

1. soft
2. haggard, faded, faint, pale
3. flabby, flaccid

References

• “macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “macio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Latin

Alternative forms

• machiō
• mazōnus, mazunus (Medieval France and Britain)

Etymology

From earlier *matiō, *mattiō, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“someone who cuts, stonecutter”).

Noun

maciō m (genitive maciōnis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. mason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maciō	maciōnēs
Genitive	maciōnis	maciōnum
Dative	maciōnī	maciōnibus
Accusative	maciōnem	maciōnēs
Ablative	maciōne	maciōnibus
Vocative	maciō	maciōnēs

Related terms

• maciōnō
• maconeria

Descendants

• Old French: maçon, macon
  • Middle French: maçon
    • French: maçon
  • → English: mason
  • → Old Spanish: maçonero
    • Spanish: mazonero

References

• macio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from massa (“dough”) +‎ -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsi.u/, /maˈsiw/ [maˈsiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsi.u/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o

Adjective

macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias, comparable, comparative mais macio, superlative o mais macio or maciíssimo)

1. soft

Wutunhua

Alternative forms

• maco

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡sʰ(ʲ)o]

Noun

macio

1. bird

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN