Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryJust, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. · Pure, unalloyed . · Nothing less than; complete, downright .
From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”). Cognate with Old English āmerian, āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”). The Middle English word was perhaps influenced by or conflated with sound-alike Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”), from Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmereenm
- Derivation mentionmierfro
- Derivation mentionmerusla · pure, unmixed, undiluted
- Derivation mention*mer-ine-pro · to sparkle, gleam
- Cognate mentionāmerianang
- Derivation mentionmereenm · glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure
- Derivation mentionmǣreang · famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling
- Derivation mention*mārīgmw-pro
- Derivation mention*mērijazgem-pro
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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