English
Outremer
Outremer comes from French outre-mer ‘beyond the sea’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoutre-mer‘beyond the sea’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997Outremer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoutre-mer‘beyond the sea’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997Outremer
Earliest quotation: 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium: “After the capture of Jerusalem, the genuine pilgrims had…”
A compound of outre ‘beyond’ + mer ‘sea’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’
Latin ūls ‘beyond’
Latin ultra ‘beyond’
Old French oltre ‘above’
French outre ‘beyond’
Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
Proto-Italic *mari ‘sea’
Latin mare ‘sea’
Old French mer ‘sea’
Middle French mer ‘sea’
French mer ‘sea’
Every English word from French outre-mer
Today it means
name The French Crusader States established in the Middle East after the First Crusade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French outre-mer / Outremer