English
marcid
Marcid comes from Latin marcidus ‘withered, dropping, rotten’, from marceō ‘to be faint, weak, lazy or languid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- ‘to be soaked’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceō‘to be faint, weak, lazy or languid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcidus‘withered, dropping, rotten’
- Englishearliest quotation 1950marcid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceō‘to be faint, weak, lazy or languid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcidus‘withered, dropping, rotten’
- Englishearliest quotation 1950marcid
Earliest quotation: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast: “He was a gaunt and marcid creature, very tall…”
Linked words
through Latin marcidus ‘withered, dropping, rotten’
Today it means
adj lean, withered.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- / marcid