English
maritime
Maritime comes from Latin maritimus ‘of or pertaining to the sea’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaritimus‘of or pertaining to the sea’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600maritime
- Englishearliest quotation 1913maritime
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmare‘sea’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaritimus‘of or pertaining to the sea’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600maritime
- Englishearliest quotation 1913maritime
Earliest quotation: 1913, Robert Barr: “I have visited my quarters, and find them very…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer-
remember, murder, march, mere, nightmare, mortal, mortar, marsh, moor, submarine, muller, morbid, mort, morn, mara, ambrosia, mariner, moribund, cormorant, marinara, 61 more
through Latin mare ‘sea’
marine, mare, marinate, maar, 13 more
through Latin maritimus ‘of or pertaining to the sea’
Today it means
adj Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / maritime