matanza.
kill, killing (the act of killing)
Meaning & usage
kill, killing (the act of killing)
massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people)
slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food)
a place where animals are slaughtered
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱtósder. Proto-Italic *maktos Latin mactus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin mactāre? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Italic *madēō Latin madēre Latin *maditus Late Latin mattusder.? Vulgar Latin *mattāre? Proto-Indo-European *met-der. Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) Latin *matea Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ola Latin mateola Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea Spanish maza ▲ Latin -āre Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Spanish mazar? Proto-Afroasiatic *mawut- Proto-Semitic *mawut- Arabic مَاتَ (māta)der.? Spanish matar Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -antia Spanish -anza Spanish matanza From matar (“to kill”) + -anza.
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