English

mar-all

From mar + all.

A compound of mar + all

Proto-Indo-European *mers- ‘to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore’

Proto-Germanic *marzijaną ‘to disturb, hinder’

Old English mierran ‘to mar, disturb, confuse’

Middle English merren ‘to disturb, hinder, or prevent’

English mar

Proto-Germanic *allaz

Proto-West Germanic *all

Old English eall

Middle English all

English all

Today it means

noun A spoilsport, an addle-plot.

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