Word Origin Summary

Marionnette is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• marionette

  English · borrowed from

• marionett

  Hungarian · derived from

• marioneta

  Czech · borrowed from

• Marionett

  Luxembourgish · borrowed from

• marioneto

  Esperanto · borrowed from

• marioneta

  Spanish · borrowed from

• Marionette

  German · borrowed from

• marionetă

  Romanian · borrowed from

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