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
  • maciōnō
  • maconeria

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

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]

  • 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

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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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