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Added 9 October 2026

marsh

/mɑːʃ/ noun

In Latin: palūs, lāma Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about marsh at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water.
thousands of acres of marshland
United States painter (1898-1954).
New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982).

Origin

From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

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