Where does “مرك” come from?

مرك (Egyptian Arabic) comes from French marque, from Frankish mark, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

مرك (Egyptian Arabic): tailor's marker

Definitions

  1. tailor's marker

Ancestry of “مرك”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarquemark; brand; first-person singular present...
2Frankishmarkmark, sign
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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