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Where does “marenda” come from?

marenda (Istriot) comes from Italian merenda, from Latin merenda, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

marenda (Istriot): snack, light meal

Definitions

  1. snack, light meal

Ancestry of “marenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmerendasnack; tea, break; picnic
2Latinmerendacollation, light evening meal; a taste
3Latinmereō—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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