Where does “marcher” come from?
marcher (English) comes from English March, from Middle English March, from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
marcher (English): An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord
Definitions
- An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord
Ancestry of “marcher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | March | The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox |
| 2 | Middle English | March | March |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | marche | limit; boundary |
| 4 | Old French | marz | — |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |