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Where does “marcgravi” come from?

marcgravi (Catalan) comes from Old High German marcgravo, from Old High German marka, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marcgravi (Catalan): margrave

Definitions

  1. margrave

Ancestry of “marcgravi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmarcgravomargrave
2Old High Germanmarka—
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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