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Where does “marked” come from?

Marked derives from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, and Proto-Germanic markō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mereg-.

marked (English): Having a visible or identifying mark; Clearly...

Definitions

  1. Having a visible or identifying mark; Clearly...

Ancestry of “marked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
2Germanmark—
3LatinMārcus—
4LatinMartīnus—
5Latin-īnus—
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “marked”

  • markedly
  • unmarked
  • markedness
  • premarked
  • unmarkedness
  • nonmarked
  • radiomarked
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