English
Maritsa
Maritsa comes from Bulgarian Марица, and goes back to Thracian *mārаs.
- Thracianmodern*mārаsreconstructed
- BulgarianmodernМарицаMarica
- Englishearliest quotation 1915Maritsa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Thracianmodern*mārаsreconstructed
- BulgarianmodernМарицаMarica
- Englishearliest quotation 1915Maritsa
Earliest quotation: 1915, Nevill Forbes, Arnold J. Toynbee: “The eastern section, conveniently known as Thrace, consisted of…”
Every English word from Thracian *mārаs
Today it means
name A river in southeastern Europe that flows through Bulgaria and down the border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Thracian *mārаs / Maritsa