Etymograph

English

marisma

Marisma comes from Spanish marisma ‘saltwater marsh, tideland marsh’, from Latin maritimus ‘of or pertaining to the sea’, and ultimately from mare.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaritimusas maritima‘of or pertaining to the sea’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentmarisma‘saltwater marsh, tideland marsh’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1910same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaritimusas maritima‘of or pertaining to the sea’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentmarisma‘saltwater marsh, tideland marsh’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1910same form

Earliest quotation: 1910, Abel Chapman, Walter John Buck: “Mallard [...], in the marisma, nest in precisely similar…”

Linked words

through Latin mare ‘sea’

marine, mare, marinate, maar, 12 more

through Latin maritimus ‘of or pertaining to the sea’

maritime, martingale

Today it means

noun A tidal or saltwater marsh.

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

Etymograph / Latin mare / marisma

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