Macerated
/ˈmæs.ə.reɪ.tɪd/noun
Soaked, softened, or broken down by steeping in liquid; also, made thin or emaciated.
Did you know?Its ancestor is Latin *macerāre*, “to soften by soaking” and “to waste away,” a physical process that later gave English the darker sense of becoming emaciated.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mak-
“To be thin, small, or meager.”
Latin
Latin
macer
“Thin, meager, lean.”
Latin
Latin
macerāre
“To soften by soaking; to waste away.”
Late Latin
Latin
macerātus
“Softened by soaking; made thin or wasted.”
Middle English
English
maceraten
“To soften or steep in liquid; later, to make thin or waste away.”
Modern English
English
macerated
“Softened or broken down by soaking; reduced in flesh or substance.”
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