Where does “Mărmureanu” come from?

Mărmureanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian marmură, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος, from Indo-European *mer-.

Ancestry of “Mărmureanu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarmurămarble
2Latinmarmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,...
3Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
4Indo-European*mer-
Every word from Indo-European *mer-