Italian word macellaio comes from Italian macello, Italian -aio
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| macello | Italian (ita) | (figuratively) mess. Slaughter, massacre. Slaughterhouse, abattoir. |
| -aio | Italian (ita) | A suffix used to form agent nouns.. Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a place or (more rarely) an animal associated with the specified object. |
| macellaio | Italian (ita) | Butcher. |