Etymology

submarine

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Today it means: Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea. Full definition →

English marine ← Middle English marin ← Middle French marin
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*móri
  8. Proto-Italic*mari
  9. Latinmare
  10. Latinmarīnus
  11. Old Frenchmarin
  12. Middle Frenchmarin
  13. Middle Englishmarin
  14. Englishmarine
  15. English todaysubmarine

From sub- + marine.

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