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Where does “Marnie” come from?

Marnie is a feminine name derived from English Marian, which comes from French Marie, ultimately from Latin Maria combined with the masculine suffix -anus.

Ancestry of “Marnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ie—
2Old Polish-ie—
3Proto-Slavic-ęForms nouns for young animals and other...
4Proto-Indo-European-ę—
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