From Middle English mariner, marinere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin; perhaps corresponding to a post-Classical or Vulgar Latin marinarius, from marīnus. Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell borrowed from Old French marinel.
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