Etymograph

English

marinara

Marinara comes from Italian alla marinara ‘sailor style’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-1root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentalla marinara1‘sailor style’
  3. Englishtodaymarinara1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English marinara

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-Wiktionary, English marinararoot named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentalla marinaraWiktionary, English marinara‘sailor style’
  3. EnglishtodaymarinaraWiktionary, English marinara

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mer-

remember, murder, march, mere, mortality, mortal, nightmare, mortar, maritime, marsh, moor, muller, morbid, submarine, mort, mare, morn, mara, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, maar, 63 more

Today it means

adj Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “marinara”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / marinara

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