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Where does “Marcion” come from?

Marcion comes from Late Latin Marcion, from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων, from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος, from Latin Marcus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Ancestry of “Marcion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinMarcion—
2Koine GreekΜᾱρκῑ́ων—
3Ancient GreekΜᾶρκος—
4LatinMārcus—
5LatinMartīnus—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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