English
maar
Maar comes from German Maar.
- Germanc. 1650–presentMaar
- Englishtodaymaar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentMaar
- Englishtodaymaar
The story
English usage from 1825, from German Maar, of uncertain origin (see the German entry for theories), possibly from Vulgar Latin *mara (‘standing water’), from Latin mare (‘sea’), and thus a Doublet of mare (‘a large, dark plain; a lake on Titan’) and mere (‘a body of standing water’).disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘sea, lake, wetland’
remember, murder, mortality, mortal, nightmare, mortar, muller, morbid, mort, morn, mara, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, marshy, marinara, 59 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, mere, moor, marsh, 15 more
through Proto-Italic *mari ‘sea’
through Latin mare ‘sea’
Today it means
noun A broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Maar / maar