English
Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris comes from Latin vallēs ‘valleys’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallēs‘valleys’
- EnglishtodayValles Marineris
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvallēs‘valleys’
- EnglishtodayValles Marineris
Formed from mariner + -is
Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
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Old French marin ‘marine’
Old French mariner ‘seaman’
Anglo-Norman mariner
Middle English mariner ‘sailor’
English mariner
The story
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from Latin vallēs (‘valleys’) + mariner + Latin -is.
Every English word from Latin vallēs
Today it means
name a large system of canyons on the surface of Mars; contains channels possibly caused by the flow of water
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vallēs / Valles Marineris