marine

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*móri“body of water, lake”
2. Latin · derived frommarinus“of the sea”
3. Middle French · derived frommarin
4. Middle English · inherited frommarin
5. English todaymarine

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

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