maraud

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mers-“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*marzijaną“to neglect, hinder, spoil”
3. Frankish · derived from*marʀijan“to neglect, hinder”
4. Old French · derived from*marault“beggar, vagabond”
5. Middle French · derived frommaraud“rascal”
6. French · borrowed frommarauder
7. English todaymaraud

From French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”), from Frankish *marʀijan (“to neglect, hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, hinder, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”), + Old French suffix -ault, -aud. Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren (“to obstruct, hinder”), Old Saxon merrian (“to hinder, waste”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to offend”). Related to mar.

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