moraine
English
/məˈɹeɪn/, /məˈɹeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (geology) An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
Etymology
Borrowed from French moraine derived from Italian morena derived from Franco-Provençal mor derived from Latin *murrum.
Origin
Latin
*murrum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intermorainal English
- intermorainic English
- morainal English
- morainic English
- *murrum Latin
- Moräne German
- morena Italian
- murri Italian
- morene Dutch, Flemish
- moraine French
- morainique French
- morrión Spanish, Castilian
- morro Spanish, Castilian
- morene Norwegian Bokmål
- morena Portuguese
- morrião Portuguese
- morro Portuguese
- morene Norwegian Nynorsk
- lármhoiréan Irish
- moiréan Irish
- moræne Danish
- morro Galician
- moralha Old Occitan
- moénn-a Ligurian
- mor Franco-Provençal