macio

== Galician == === Etymology === From Latin macies (“leanness”), which is from macer (“thin”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧cio === Adjective === macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias) soft haggard, faded, faint, pale flabby, flaccid === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “macio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “macio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “macio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == 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) mason ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Old French: maçon, macon (manuscript form)Middle French: maçonFrench: maçon→ English: mason→ Old Spanish: maçoneroSpanish: mazonero → Sicilian mazzuni === 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 === Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o === Adjective === macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias, comparable, comparative mais macio, superlative o mais macio or maciíssimo) soft === Further reading === “macio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “macio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Wutunhua == === Alternative forms === maco === Etymology === From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mat͡sʰ(ʲ)o] === Noun === macio bird === References === Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN