Where does “marmoûset” come from?

marmoûset (Norman) comes from French marmouset, from French marmonner, from Latin murmuro, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European mormur-.

marmoûset (Norman): ape, monkey

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey

Ancestry of “marmoûset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmousetgrotesque, gargoyle; brat, kid
2Frenchmarmonnerto murmur, mumble
3LatinmurmuroI murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,...
4Latinmurmurmurmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmormur-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mormur- →Every word from Latin murmur →Every word from Latin murmuro →
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