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English

Margarita

Margarita comes from Spanish Margarita ‘Margaret’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMargarita‘Margaret’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1874same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMargarita‘Margaret’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1874same form

Earliest quotation: 1874, Florence Marryat, Fighting the Air: “I didn’t think you loved me so much as…”

Every English word from Spanish Margarita

Another origin of Margarita

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(h₂)merh₂gʷ-‘dark’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mr̥gás‘a forest animal’uncertain
  3. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*mr̥gáh‘hen, bird’uncertain
  4. Proto-Iranian, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-uncertain
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαργᾰρῑ́τηςmargărī́tēs‘pearl’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmargarīta‘pearl’
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentmargarita‘pearl’
  8. EnglishtodayMargarita

Today it means

name A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Margarita / Margarita

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