Where does “marmotter” come from?

marmotter (French) comes from French marmonner, from Latin murmuro, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European mormur-.

marmotter (French): to mumble, mutter

Definitions

  1. to mumble, mutter

Ancestry of “marmotter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmonnerto murmur, mumble
2LatinmurmuroI murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,...
3Latinmurmurmurmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmormur-—

Words derived from “marmotter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mormur- →Every word from Latin murmur →Every word from Latin murmuro →