Where does “marmouset” come from?
marmouset (French) comes from French marmonner, from Latin murmuro, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European mormur-.
marmouset (French): grotesque, gargoyle; brat, kid
Definitions
- grotesque, gargoyle; brat, kid
Ancestry of “marmouset”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | marmonner | to murmur, mumble |
| 2 | Latin | murmuro | I murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,... |
| 3 | Latin | murmur | murmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mormur- | — |
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