Etymology

marshy

M3A1R1S1H4Y4

Today it means: Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. Full definition →

Middle English mersshy
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommersshy
  2. English todaymarshy

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.