The story
- Latin · derived frommacula“stain, blemish”
- English todaymacula lutea
From Latin macula (“stain, blemish”) + lūtea (“saffron yellow”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
macula lutea
Today it means: macula (yellow spot in the human eye) Full definition →
Latin macula