Where does “mare” come from?

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

mare (Romanian): big, large, great; great, mighty; sea

Definitions

  1. big, large, great; great, mighty; sea

Ancestry of “mare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →