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What is the etymology of the geological word moraine?

Question #150555. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Jan 30 2024.
Originally posted Jan 30 2024 9:02 PM.

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A moraine is the term for a pile of earth and stones deposited by a glacier.

The word has its origins in French and Vulgar Latin.
1789, from French "moraine" (18c.), from Savoy dialect "morena" "mound of earth," from Provençal "morre" "snout, muzzle," from Vulgar Latin "murrum" "round object," a word of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language.
link https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=moraine

Response last updated by psnz on Jan 30 2024.
Jan 30 2024, 9:04 PM
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