Wordiyomacies
Latinleanness, thinness, wasting
Variants
maciesmaciat
About This Root
From Latin maciēs (leanness, thinness), related to macer (thin, lean). A narrow root appearing almost exclusively in emaciate (to make abnormally thin) and its forms emaciated and emaciation. The prefix e- (out) intensifies the wasting: literally 'thinned out' to the point of visible deterioration.