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Where does “maresia” come from?

maresia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Maré, from French marée, from French -ée, from Middle French -ee, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

maresia (Portuguese): the characteristic smell of the sea; corrosive...

Definitions

  1. the characteristic smell of the sea; corrosive...

Ancestry of “maresia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMaré—
2Frenchmaréetide; catch; anything that forms a great crowd, a...
3French-éeForming feminine nouns having the sense of...
4Middle French-ee—
5Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
6Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
7Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
8Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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