English
mal de mer
Mal de mer comes from French mal de mer ‘seasickness’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmal de mer‘seasickness’literally ‘sickness of sea’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmal de mer‘seasickness’literally ‘sickness of sea’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from French mal de mer (literally “sickness of sea”).
Every English word from French mal de mer
Today it means
noun seasickness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French mal de mer / mal de mer