Where does “marle” come from?

marle (Middle English) comes from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila.

marle (Middle English): marl

Definitions

  1. marl

Ancestry of “marle”, step by step

marle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French marle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarlemarl
2Late Latinmargila—

via Anglo-Norman marle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmarle—

Words derived from “marle”

Every word from Late Latin margila →Every word from Old French marle →