Where does “marque” come from?
Marque comes from French marque, from Italian marca, from Proto-Indo-European marǵ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mereg-, meaning to mark or border.
marque (English): A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction,...
Definitions
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction,...
Ancestry of “marque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | marque | mark; brand; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Frankish | mark | mark, sign |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |