Where does “marchito” come from?
marchito (Spanish) comes from Mozarabic marčiṭ[o], from Vulgar Latin marcitus, from Italian marcire, from Italian marcio, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
marchito (Spanish): wilted, faded
Definitions
- wilted, faded
Ancestry of “marchito”, step by step
marchito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mozarabic marčiṭ[o]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozarabic | marčiṭ[o] | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | marcitus | — |
| 3 | Italian | marcire | to rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy |
| 4 | Italian | marcio | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | marceō | to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel |
| 6 | Latin | Mārtius | of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |