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Where does “maritimely” come from?

maritimely (English) comes from English Maritime, from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

maritimely (English): In a maritime way

Definitions

  1. In a maritime way

Ancestry of “maritimely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMaritime—
2Middle Frenchmaritimemaritime
3LatinmaritimusOf or pertaining to the sea; marine, maritime;...
4Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
5Proto-Italicmarisea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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