English
marisca
Marisca comes from Latin marisca ‘large kind of fig’, from mare ‘sea’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móri‘sea’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mari‘sea’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarisca‘large kind of fig’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*móri‘sea’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mari‘sea’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarisca‘large kind of fig’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, murder, mortality, mortal, nightmare, mortar, muller, morbid, mort, morn, mara, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, marshy, marinara, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, mere, marsh, moor, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *mari ‘sea’
through Latin mare ‘sea’
Today it means
noun A hemorrhoid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *móri / marisca