Where does “marcire” come from?
marcire (Italian) comes from Italian marcio, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
marcire (Italian): to rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy
Definitions
- to rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy
Ancestry of “marcire”, step by step
marcire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian marcio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | marcio | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | marceō | to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel |
| 3 | Latin | Mārtius | of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Latin marcēre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | marcēre | — |