Etymology of the French word mer
the French word
merderived from the Latin word
mare (sea; sea water)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mori-derived from the Middle Dutch word
mareDate
The earliest known usage of mer in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
marée,
outre-merCognates
Dutch
meer, English
mere, English
more, German
Meer, German
mehr, Icelandic
meir, Italian
mare, Latin
mare, Lithuanian
marios, Provençal
mar, Russian
мoрe, Spanish
mar, Swedish
mar-, Swedish
mer
