myEtymology.com: French etymology of moraine

1. Etymology of the French word moraine

the French word moraine

derived from the Savoyard word morêna

Date

The earliest known usage of moraine in French dates from the 18th century.

Derivations in French

morainique

Derivations in other languages

English moraine, Portuguese morena, Romanian morenă

Cognates

Dutch morene, English moraine, German Moräne, Norwegian morene, Swedish morän

2. Etymology of the French word moraine

derived from the French word moraine

derived from the Classical Latin word mori (become obsolete , fall into disuse; be forgotten; become void, moot; be extinguished; die, expire, pass; perish; become obsolete , fall into disuse)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-