marsh
/mɑɹʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Germanic *mari Proto-West Germanic *mari Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *marisk Old English mersċ Middle English mersch English marsh From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑɹʃ/
- British English: /mɑːʃ/