English
marantic
Marantic may come from Koine Greek μαραντικός ‘wasting away’.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEμαραντικόςmarantikós‘wasting away’uncertain
- Englishtodaymarantic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEμαραντικόςmarantikós‘wasting away’uncertain
- Englishtodaymarantic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, murder, march, marine, mere, mortality, nightmare, mortal, mortar, maritime, marsh, moor, muller, morbid, mare, mort, morn, ambrosia, moribund, marinate, marinara, maar, cormorant, 61 more
through Ancient Greek μαραίνω ‘I waste away, wither’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to, suffering from or marked by marasmus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek μαραντικός / marantic