kill, killing (the act of killing); massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people); slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food); a place where animals are slaughtered
“[…] corra los pagos de Magdalena matanza y conchas y el otro desde Luxan en / adelante hasta el comfin de esta Jurisdicion y traigan por menor nomina de cant. de dho ganado que cada uno tubiere y el matadero ó matanza que cada uno apeteciere y raz. de el que no quisiere hazer […]”
Synonyms: masacre, matadero
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱtósder. Proto-Italic *maktos Latin mactus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin mactāre? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Italic *madēō Latin madēre Latin *maditus Late Latin mattusder.? Vulgar Latin *mattāre? Proto-Indo-European *met-der. Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) La