English
Marvin
Marvin comes from Welsh Merfyn ‘Mervyn’.
- Welshc. 1500–presentMerfyn‘Mervyn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Marvin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentMerfyn‘Mervyn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Marvin
Earliest quotation: 1979, Douglas Adams: “Thank you the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic…”
A compound of mêr ‘marrow’ + myn ‘eminent’
Proto-Indo-European *smérus ‘grease’
Proto-Celtic *smerus ‘marrow’
Welsh mêr ‘marrow’
Every English word from Welsh Merfyn
Today it means
name A male given name from Welsh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh Merfyn / Marvin