Etymology of the French word massacre
the French word
massacrederived from the French word
massacrerderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*matteucularederived from the Vulgar Latin word
matteucaderived from the Vulgar Latin word
mattea (dainty dish)
derived from the Old French word
macecleDate
The earliest known usage of massacre in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
massacre, Portuguese
massacre, Romanian
masacru, Spanish
masacreCognates
English
massacre, German
Massaker, Norwegian
massakre, Swedish
massaker
