Etymology

Mach

M3A1C3H4

Today it means: A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number. Full definition →

German Mache ← Hungarian Mács ← Khmer ម៉ាច
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  1. Khmer · derived fromម៉ាច
  2. Hungarian · derived fromMács
  3. German · derived fromMache“work”
  4. English todayMach

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac).

Words from the same roots

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