marvel

marvel · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived frommīrābilia“wonderful things”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*miribilia
3. Old French · derived frommerveille“a wonder”
4. Middle English · inherited frommerveile
5. English todaymarvel

First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.

Marvel · proper noun²

From marvel, marvelous.

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