Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “marow” come from?

marow (Middle English) comes from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

Ancestry of “marow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmeargmarrow
2Proto-West Germanic*maʀg—
3Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

Words derived from “marow”

  • marrow
  • marrowless
  • marrowfat
  • marrowbone
  • marrowlike
  • marrowish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →