macchiato

The story

1. Latin · derived frommaculātus“stained”
2. Italian · borrowed fromcaffè macchiato“stained coffee”
3. English todaymacchiato

From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculātus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”). Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé.

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