masticatio

masticatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō)bor.
Latin masticō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin masticātiō

    From masticō (“to chew”) + -tiō (“-tion”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    masticātiō f (genitive masticātiōnis); third declension

    1. (Late Latin) chewing, mastication

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative masticātiō masticātiōnēs
    genitive masticātiōnis masticātiōnum
    dative masticātiōnī masticātiōnibus
    accusative masticātiōnem masticātiōnēs
    ablative masticātiōne masticātiōnibus
    vocative masticātiō masticātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: masticació
    • → English: mastication
    • → French: mastication
    • → Italian: masticazione
    • → Spanish: masticación

    References

    • “masticatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “masticatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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