mermar

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Vulgar Latin *minimō, *minimāre, from Latin minimus.

Verb

mermar

  1. to reduce; to diminish

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin minimāre, a verb based on Latin minimus (least). Considering its rather late date of first attestation in Spanish (1603) and the absence of an inherited Portuguese counterpart, Coromines & Pascual suppose it was likely borrowed, through mercantile contacts, from Occitan mermar, a term well-attested since the twelfth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɾˈmaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mer‧mar

Verb

mermar (first-person singular present mermo, first-person singular preterite mermé, past participle mermado)

  1. to reduce
    Synonyms: disminuir, rebajar, reducir

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “mermar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 53

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