English

marlpit

From marl + pit.

A compound of marl + pit

Late Latin marga

Late Latin margila

Old French marle

Middle English marle

English marl

Latin puteus ‘trench, pit, well’

Proto-West Germanic *puti ‘well (water)’

Old English pytt ‘well, pool’

Middle English pit

English pit

Today it means

noun A pit where marl has been dug.

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