marino

/maˈɾino/ · B1 · adj

marine

⚓🌊 marino = mar (sea) + -ino, belonging to the sea, like English marine

From Latin marinus, from mare (sea). Mar is sea in Spanish, so marino is anything of the sea, and as a noun, a sailor. Cognates: marine, mariner, maritime, submarino.

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