Where does “scratchmark” come from?

scratchmark (English) comes from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

scratchmark (English): A mark left as the result of a scratch

Definitions

  1. A mark left as the result of a scratch

Ancestry of “scratchmark”, step by step

scratchmark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
2Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
3LatinMārcus—
4LatinMartīnus—
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English Scratch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishScratchA free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
2Middle Englishscrattento scratch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →