Where does “marking gauge” come from?

marking gauge (English) comes from English gauge, from Middle English gauge, from Old French gauger, from Old French gauge, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

marking gauge (English): tool used in woodworking and metalworking to...

Definitions

  1. tool used in woodworking and metalworking to...

Ancestry of “marking gauge”, step by step

marking gauge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gauge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgaugeA measure; a standard of measure; an instrument...
2Middle EnglishgaugeA customary measurement or scale
3Old FrenchgaugerAlternative form of jaugier
4Old FrenchgaugeAlternative form of jauge; gauging rod
5Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English marking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmarkingpresent participle of mark; The action of the...
2Old Englishmearcunga marking; a marking out, description; an...
3Old Englishmearcianto mark
4Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
5Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Old French