Where does “March” come from?
March derives from Middle English March, from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin martius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots mereg- and marǵ-.
March (English): The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox
Definitions
- The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox
Ancestry of “March”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | March | March |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | marche | limit; boundary |
| 3 | Old French | marz | — |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |