marsouin
French edit
Etymology edit
Occurring in a 1086 Medieval Latin translation of the Domesday Book, from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise”), but probably reborrowed from another Germanic source cognate to the Old English word, from Old Frankish *mariswīn, Middle Dutch meerswijn, or Old Norse marsvín (“dolphin”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise”). More at English mereswine. Cf. also the Old French porpeis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marsouin m (plural marsouins)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- dauphin m
Further reading edit
- “marsouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.