Where does “maroso” come from?

maroso (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.

maroso (Italian): breaker, billow

Definitions

  1. breaker, billow

Ancestry of “maroso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maroso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European móriEvery word from Proto-Italic mari