Etymograph

English

Marie

Marie comes from Latin Maria, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִרְיָםmiryɔm
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEמריםMaryam
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαρία
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaria
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Marie
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1993same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִרְיָםmiryɔm
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEמריםMaryam
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαρία
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaria
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Marie
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1993same form

Earliest quotation: 1993, Barbara Vine: “We are going to call her Marie. For once…”

Linked words

through Old French Marie

marry, 1 more

through French Marie

marionette, 1 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Hebrew.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם / Marie

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