maritime

maritime
maritime (adj.) 1540s, "of or pertaining to the sea," from M.Fr. maritime (16c.) or directly from L. maritimus "of the sea, near the sea," from mare (gen. maris) "sea" (see MERE (Cf. mere) (n.)) + Latin ending -timus, originally a superlative suffix (Cf. intimus "inmost," ultimus "last"), here denoting "close association with." Maritimes "seacoast regions of a country" is from 1590s; specifically of the southeasternmost provinces of Canada by 1926.

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