Where does “marquee” come from?
Marquee derives from English marquise, from French marquise, from French marquis, from Old French marchis, from French marcher meaning "to march," from Frankish markōn meaning "border," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mereg-.
marquee (English): A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors...
Definitions
- A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors...
Ancestry of “marquee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marquise | A marchioness, especially one who is French; A... |
| 2 | French | Marquise | marchioness a member of foreign nobility |
| 3 | French | marquis | marquess |
| 4 | Old French | marchis | marquis |
| 5 | Latin | marcliensis | — |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |