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
Ancestry of “marmot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | marmot | An architectural grotesque, especially a door... |
| 2 | French | marmotter | to mumble, mutter |
| 3 | French | marmonner | to murmur, mumble |
| 4 | Latin | murmuro | I murmur, mutter; I murmur or grumble at,... |
| 5 | Latin | murmur | murmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, growling,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mormur- | — |