Etymograph

English

marceline

Marceline comes from Latin marcidus ‘withered’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- ‘to be soaked’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceōas marcere‘to wither, shrivel’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcidus‘withered’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentmarceline
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceōas marcere‘to wither, shrivel’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcidus‘withered’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentmarceline
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁-

Today it means

noun A thin silk fabric used for linings etc. in hats and ladies' dresses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- / marceline

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