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Where does “marbre” come from?

marbre (French) comes from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος, from Indo-European *mer-.

marbre (French): marble; home plate; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. marble; home plate; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “marbre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarbremarble
2Latinmarmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,...
3Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
4Indo-European*mer-—

Words derived from “marbre”

  • marbre
  • marbrer
Every word from Indo-European *mer- →