Where does “mar” come from?

mar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mar, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mar (Portuguese): sea; a multitude; a great amount or number of...

Definitions

  1. sea; a multitude; a great amount or number of...

Ancestry of “mar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemarsea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-