Where does “mareys” come from?

mareys (Middle English) comes from Middle French mares, from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-Germanic *marisk.

mareys (Middle English): A region of marshland or swamp

Definitions

  1. A region of marshland or swamp

Ancestry of “mareys”, step by step

mareys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French mares

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmares—
2Late Latinmariscus—
3Proto-Germanic*marisk—

via Anglo-Norman mareis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmareismarsh

Words derived from “mareys”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *marisk →Every word from Late Latin mariscus →Every word from Middle French mares →