submariner
Meaningan under-sea sailor
Common meaning: a crew member of a submarine
- subunder; from below
- marthe seaLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1113 · scan
- inerone who does
‘under’ + ‘the sea’ → submariner
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin mare ‘the sea’.
Roots
- mare, -is Latin “the sea”
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