Where does “marchman” come from?
marchman (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.
marchman (English): A person living in the marches between England...
Definitions
- A person living in the marches between England...
Ancestry of “marchman”, step by step
marchman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English March
| 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 |
via English MAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 2 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 3 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 5 | Old French | manual | — |
| 6 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |