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Where does “marqueelike” come from?

marqueelike (English) comes from English marquee, from English marquise, from French Marquise, from French marquis, from Old French marchis, from Latin marcliensis, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marqueelike (English): Resembling a marquee

Definitions

  1. Resembling a marquee

Ancestry of “marqueelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmarqueeA large tent with open sides, used for outdoors...
2EnglishmarquiseA marchioness, especially one who is French; A...
3FrenchMarquise—
4Frenchmarquismarquess
5Old Frenchmarchismarquis
6Latinmarcliensis—
7Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
8Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
9Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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