Where does “maro” come from?

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

maro (Esperanto): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “maro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →
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