mar

mar · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*mers-“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*marzijaną“to disturb, hinder”
3. Old English · inherited frommierran“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”
4. Middle English · inherited frommerren
5. English todaymar

Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”).

mar · noun²

Variant of mere.

mar · noun³

See mayor.

Mar · proper noun⁴

1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMàrr
2. English todayMar

From Scottish Gaelic Màrr, probably based on a Brythonic personal name Marsos.

Mar · noun⁵

1. Classical Syriac · derived fromܡܪܝ
2. English todayMar

From Classical Syriac ܡܪܝ (mār(ī)), the first-person singular possessive form of ܡܪܐ (mārā, “lord, master”).

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