Where does “martsa” come from?
martsa (Cebuano) comes from Spanish marcha, from Spanish marchar, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
martsa (Cebuano): a march; to march; to hold a demonstration; to...
Definitions
- a march; to march; to hold a demonstration; to...
Ancestry of “martsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | marcha | march; departure; party |
| 2 | Spanish | marchar | to go, travel; to march; to function, work, run |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |