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Where does “mark” come from?

mark (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

mark (Frankish): mark, sign

Definitions

  1. mark, sign

Ancestry of “mark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “mark”

  • March
  • macho
  • machete
  • machismo
  • martinet
  • martel
  • martellato
  • machoism
  • martinetism
  • Marchy
  • hypermacho
  • supermacho
  • nonmacho
  • machoistic
  • ultramacho
  • unmacho
  • machetelike
  • antimacho
  • machoness
  • mid-March
  • machoistically
  • macho dancer
  • machohood
  • marculus
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