Where does “maroonish” come from?

maroonish (English) comes from English ish, from English -ish, from Middle English -ish, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

maroonish (English): Somewhat maroon in colour

Definitions

  1. Somewhat maroon in colour

Ancestry of “maroonish”, step by step

maroonish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishishPronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,...
2English-ishTypical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,...
3Middle English-ishAlternative form of -yssh
4Old English-isċ-ish
5Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
6Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
7Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

via English maroon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaroonAn escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the...
2Frenchmarronhorse-chestnut; chestnut; chestnut brown
3Italianmarronebrown; a large and savoury chestnut variety; the...
4Byzantine Greekμάραονsweet chestnut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos
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