MARMOT - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
Categories: Rodent, Gnawer
📖 Fun Facts About Marmot
- • A marmot spends 80% of its life below ground
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "marmot" comes from Latin mus alpini. It started in Latin mus. Then it appeared in Vulgar Latin *mures montani. Later, people used it in Franco-Provençal marmotan. After that, it was Old French marmotaine, which was borrowed from Middle French marmote. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Romansch: murmont
- Old High German: muremunto
- German: Murmentel
🔗 Related Words
murmontain – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
The same PIE root can look completely different in modern languages due to thousands of years of sound changes.