different between macer vs acer

English

Etymology

From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?s?(?)

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]

   Synonym: mace-bearer

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, crema, recam

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *makros, from Proto-Indo-European *mh??rós, from *meh??- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (makrós), Old English mæ?er (though English meager is from the Latin via French).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.ker/, [?mäk?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.t??er/, [?m??t???r]

Adjective

macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macrissimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (of living things) lean, skinny, meager
2. (of inanimate things) thin, poor

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• macer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• macer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• macer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer; equivalent to mace (“mace”) +? -er (“agentive suffix”).

Alternative forms

• macere, maceere, maser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?s?r/, /ma??s??r/

Noun

macer (plural macers)

1. A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:

     Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe comune.

Descendants

• English: macer
• Scots: macer

References

• “m?c??re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser.

Noun

macer

1. Alternative form of maser

English

Noun

acer (plural acers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Anagrams

• -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, Race, acre, care, e-car, race, race-

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin aci?rium, from Latin aci?s, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??se/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?se?/

Noun

acer m (uncountable)

1. steel

Derived terms

• acer inoxidable

Related terms

• acerar

Further reading

• “acer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h??rós (“sharp”). The change from o-stem to i-stem declension is irregular and not fully explained. Likewise, Latin has irregular lengthening of the vowel. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (ákros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.ker/, [?ä?k?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.t??er/, [???t???r]

Adjective

?cer (feminine ?cris, neuter ?cre, comparative ?crior, superlative ?cerrimus, adverb ?criter); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. sharp, sour, bitter, pungent
2. keen, sharp, acute, sagacious
3. energetic, active, vigorous
4. eager, zealous, spirited
5. subtle
6. severe, violent, cruel, hot
7. penetrating, piercing

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Same as Etymology 1, with reference to multi-pointed leaves.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag "ak?er-"

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ker/, [?äk?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.t??er/, [???t???r]

Noun

acer n (genitive aceris); third declension

1. maple tree

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• acernus

Descendants

• Catalan: auró
• Esperanto: acero
• French: érable
• Italian: acero
• Portuguese: ácer
• Romanian: ar?ar
• Spanish: ácere, arce
• Translingual: Acer

References

• acer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old French

Etymology

See acier.

Noun

acer m (nominative singular acers)

1. Alternative form of acier

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English aker.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?ak?r/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?akar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ak?r/

Noun

acer f (plural aceri)

1. acre

   Synonyms: cyfair, erw

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “acer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies