macchiato (plural macchiatos)
macchiato m (feminine singular macchiata, masculine plural macchiati, feminine plural macchiate)
From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculatus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”). Cognate to English macula (“(dark) spot”), French maculé.