noun · feminine
matteūca
*matteūca f
Meaning
- Proto Romancereconstructionclub (heavy object)
Origins
From mattea/mattia (itself probably vulgarly derived from mateola, with the suffix -ūca (likely of Gallic origin), or perhaps influenced by festūca. Alternatively, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk.
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchmassuefrom Old French massüe
- Occitanmaçuga
- Picardmachuque
Balkan Romance
- Romanianmăciucă
- Aromanianmãtsucã
Ibero-Romance
- Old Galician-Portuguesemassuca