Where does “plongée sous-marine” come from?

plongée sous-marine (French) comes from French sous-marin, from French marin, from Middle French marin, from Old French marin, from Latin marīnus, from Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος, from Latin marinus, from Latin -inus — adjectival suffix.

plongée sous-marine (French): scuba diving

Definitions

  1. scuba diving

Ancestry of “plongée sous-marine”, step by step

plongée sous-marine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French sous-marin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsous-marinsubmarine; underwater; submarine
2Frenchmarinmaritime; marine; seaman
3Middle Frenchmarinmarine
4Old Frenchmarinmarine
5Latinmarīnusmarine; of or pertaining to the sea
6Ancient GreekΜαρῖνοςknown from the ancient Roman and Byzantine Periods
7Latinmarinusmarine; of or pertaining to the sea
8Latin-inusOf or pertaining to; -ine
9Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
10Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
11Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via French plongée

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplongéedive; The forward tilt of an automobile when...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -inusEvery word from Latin marīnus
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