Where does “mareiro” come from?

mareiro (Galician) comes from Galician mar, from Old Portuguese mar, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mareiro (Galician): marine

Definitions

  1. marine

Ancestry of “mareiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmarsea; swell; sea; vast number or quantity
2Old Portuguesemarsea
3Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
4Proto-Italicmarisea
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →