verb/a.mɛ.ʁiʁ/
to splash down (land in water); to crash-land (in water)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Old French mer Middle French mer French mer Proto-Italic *-jezi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -īre French -ir French amerrir From a- + mer (“sea”) + -ir.