magida

From Ancient Greek μαγίδα (magída), accusative of μαγίς (magís). Doublet of magis, a learned borrowing from the same.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.ɡɪ.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.d̪a]

magida

1. kneading trough

• magis

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *madiga
  • French: maie
  • Italian: madia
  • Portuguese: malga
  • Sardinian: màida
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *ma(g)id(u)la
  • Sicilian: majiḍḍa

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “magida”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 377