Where does “marmot” come from?

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

marmot (Norman): brat

Definitions

  1. brat

Ancestry of “marmot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmarmotAn architectural grotesque, especially a door...
2Frenchmarmotterto mumble, mutter
3Frenchmarmonnerto murmur, mumble
4LatinmurmuroI murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,...
5Latinmurmurmurmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmormur-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mormur- →Every word from Latin murmur →Every word from Latin murmuro →