1. Macabre – derived from “Maccabees”. The common meaning is derived from their gruesome martyrdom at the hands of the greeks. 2. Mesmersize – from Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist 3. Matrix – from Latin. matrix (gen. matricis) “pregnant animal”. (via the Online Etymology Dictionary – and I was just trying to verify … Continue reading Random Etymologies of the Day – M