Macular
/ˈmæk.jə.lɚ/noun
Relating to a spot, stain, or patch; in medicine, relating to the macula of the eye.
Did you know?Its root is the same Latin macula that gave us “maculate” and “immaculate,” so the word-family literally runs from stain to spotless purity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mak-
“to spot or mark”
Latin
Latin
macula
“a spot, stain, blemish”
Late Latin
Latin
macularis
“of or relating to a spot or stain”
Middle English
English
macular
“spotted; stained”
Modern English
English
macular
“relating to a spot, stain, or the macula of the eye”
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