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Where does “mari” come from?

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

mari (Proto-Italic): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “mari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mari”

  • marine
  • maritime
  • submarine
  • Marin
  • mariner
  • marina
  • ultramarine
  • aquamarine
  • antisubmarine
  • Outremer
  • mariculture
  • Marriner
  • nonmarine
  • submariner
  • transmarine
  • glaciomarine
  • ormer
  • outremer
  • nonmaritime
  • larimar
  • minisubmarine
  • maritimal
  • fluviomarine
  • ormering
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