Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. · A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match. · Equality of conditions in contest or competition. · A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
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