Where does “maremoto” come from?

maremoto (Italian) comes from Italian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

maremoto (Italian): seaquake; tsunami

Definitions

  1. seaquake; tsunami

Ancestry of “maremoto”, step by step

maremoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaresea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Italian moto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmotoClipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle; movement;...
2Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Italic mari →