The story
- Latin · derived frommacula
- Corsican · borrowed frommachja
- English todaymacchia
From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, macule, and maquis.
Words from the same roots
Corsicanmachja all →
maquis
Latinmacula all →
mailmaculamaquismaclemacula lutea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.