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Where does “mărit” come from?

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

mărit (Romanian): husband, married man; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. husband, married man; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “mărit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăriplural of mare; to enlarge, make bigger, greater
2Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
3Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
4Proto-Italicmarisea
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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