marinate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*móri“the sea”
2. Latin · derived frommare“the sea”
3. Latin · derived frommarinus“marine, of the sea”
4. Late Latin · derived frommarina“brine, salt water”
5. Italian · derived frommarinare“to pickle, marinate”
6. French · derived frommariner
7. English todaymarinate

First attested in 1645; adapted from either French mariner or the earlier attested Italian marinare (“to pickle, marinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Late Latin marina (“brine, salt water”), short for aqua marina (“sea water”), from Latin marinus (“marine, of the sea”), from Latin mare (“the sea”) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“the sea”).

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