MARLINE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
Categories: Small stuff
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🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "marline" comes from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. It started in Proto-Germanic *mairōną. Then it appeared in Middle Dutch marlijn. Later, people used it in Middle Low German marling. After that, it was Middle English merlin.
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.