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Where does “amerrissage” come from?

amerrissage (French) comes from French amerrir, from French mer, from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

amerrissage (French): splashdown; ditching

Definitions

  1. splashdown; ditching

Ancestry of “amerrissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchamerrirto splash down; to crash-land
2Frenchmersea
3Middle Frenchmersea
4Old Frenchmersea
5Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
6Proto-Italicmarisea
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “amerrissage”

  • amerizaje
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