marish

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*marisk“marsh”
2. Late Latin · derived frommariscus
3. Middle French · derived frommares
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommareis
5. Middle English · inherited frommareys
6. English todaymarish

From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.

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