Where does “mèr” come from?

mèr (Réunion Creole French) comes from French mer, from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mèr (Réunion Creole French): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “mèr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmersea
2Middle Frenchmersea
3Old Frenchmersea
4Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
5Proto-Italicmarisea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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