Middle French massacre

← German metzeln (cognate)

← French massue (mention)

← Old French macecrer (inherited)

← Old French macecler (mention)

← Old French macacre (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *maitaną (derived)

← Middle Low German *matskelen (derived)

← Middle Low German matsken (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *maitan (derived)

← Old High German meizan (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *mei- (derived)

← Latin (mention)

← Latin *mattea (mention)

← Latin mateola (inherited)

← Latin macellum (derived)

→ English massacre (borrowed)

→ French massacre (inherited)

→ Polish masakra (derived)