Talk:macir

RFV discussion: July 2021
Used in the gloss at, implying it as an English word, but I can't find any sources for it. — 69.120.64.15 20:49, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It isn’t English imho. The Latin word itself is a hapax. Maybe not even Latin, therefore the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae does not include it. (Do not confuse with the bogus spice, which is also a hapax.) So why did you add it in the first place? You should not add words because someone used it in a gloss. Editors make up words, and sometimes they gloss in the foreign language because keeping the term for a foreign concept as it is is the appropriate translation. Fay Freak (talk) 21:29, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hence why I only added it in comments and immediately inquired here, but yes, thank you. — 69.120.64.15 21:43, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Here is what I could find:

Note that they are all basically citing ancient texts that predate English. Clearly there was some export from India of this name, but I am inclined to agree that this is not an English word. Kiwima (talk) 00:35, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I had found similar cites to Kiwima, and put them at Citations:macir. I think "Now Mace and Macir differ; for Mace is the hull of a Nut, and Macir [is...]", "There can be no doubt that macir was certainly exported from India to Rome ", and one of the others would be enough for an English section; certainly, they are enough to justify using the word in glosses. - -sche (discuss) 01:56, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC)