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Where does “amarar” come from?

amarar (Catalan) comes from Catalan mar, from Old Catalan mar, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

amarar (Catalan): to soak; to land an aircraft on water

Definitions

  1. to soak; to land an aircraft on water

Ancestry of “amarar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmarsea
2Old Catalanmar—
3Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
4Proto-Italicmarisea
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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