English
marinara
Marinara comes from Italian alla marinara ‘sailor style’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-root as named · steps between not traced
- Italianc. 1300–presentalla marinara‘sailor style’
- Englishtodaymarinara
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-root as named · steps between not traced
- Italianc. 1300–presentalla marinara‘sailor style’
- Englishtodaymarinara
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer-
remember, murder, march, mere, mortality, mortal, nightmare, mortar, maritime, marsh, moor, muller, morbid, submarine, mort, mare, morn, mara, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, maar, 63 more
Today it means
adj Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / marinara