What Does Marble Mean In French
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What does marble mean in french. Probably from a form of the adjective marbré of marble from marbre marble hence an occupational name for a quarrier or worker in marble. Marble is a rock resulting from metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks most commonly limestone or. Dictionary of american family names 2013 oxford university press. This stem is also the ancestor of the english word marmoreal meaning marble like while the english term marble resembles the french marbre most other european languages with words like marmoreal more closely resemble the original ancient greek.
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