Where does “marmot” come from?
marmot (French) comes from French marmotter, from French marmonner, from Latin murmuro, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European mormur-.
marmot (French): An architectural grotesque, especially a door...
Definitions
- An architectural grotesque, especially a door...
Ancestry of “marmot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | marmotter | to mumble, mutter |
| 2 | French | marmonner | to murmur, mumble |
| 3 | Latin | murmuro | I murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,... |
| 4 | Latin | murmur | murmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mormur- | — |
Words derived from “marmot”