μαρούλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).[1]

Noun

μαρούλιον • (maroúlion) n

  1. (Byzantine) lettuce

Descendants
  • Greek: μαρούλι (maroúli), μαρούλια pl (maroúlia)
    • → Albanian: marule, marulë
    • → Bulgarian: мару́ля (marúlja), мару́л (marúl)
    • → Macedonian: марула (marula)
    • → Romanian: marulă, marolă
    • → Serbo-Croatian: marulja / маруља
  • → Old Armenian: մառուլ (maṙul)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مارول‎ (marul, marol)

References
  1. μαρούλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մառուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 263b
  • Berneker, Erich (1914) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Winter, page 21
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “маруля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume III, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 675
  • Meyer, Gustav (1891), “marul’”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 261

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