meregrot
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a pearl
Etymology
Derived from Latin margarita compound from Old English mere (sea, mere, lake, pool, pond) + Old English grot (particle).
Origin
Old English
grot
Gloss
particle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Margaret English
- groat English
- margarita Latin
- μαργαρίτης Ancient Greek
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- grot Old English
- mere Old English
- meredeaþ Old English
- meredeor Old English
- mereliþend Old English
- mereswin Old English
- utermere Old English
- yþmere Old English
- mare Middle English
- mere Middle English
- Margaret Old French
- Margaret Cebuano
- margarita Venetian
- Makaleka Hawaiian