Where does “mariner” come from?
Mariner comes from Middle English marinere, from Old French marinier, formed with the Old French agent suffix -er from Old French and Latin marinus meaning of the sea, ultimately from Latin mare meaning sea.
mariner (English): A sailor
Ancestry of “mariner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mariner | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | mariner | seaman; sailor |
| 3 | Old French | maronnier | — |
| 4 | Old French | marin | marine |
| 5 | Latin | marīnus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαρῖνος | — |
| 7 | Latin | marinus | marine; of or pertaining to the sea |
| 8 | Latin | -inus | Of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “mariner”