Where does “démarche” come from?
démarche (French) comes from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
démarche (French): gait, walk; step, procedure, move, intervention;...
Definitions
- gait, walk; step, procedure, move, intervention;...
Ancestry of “démarche”, step by step
démarche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French marché
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 2 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 3 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 4 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 5 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Middle French demarcher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | demarcher | to march |
| 2 | Old French | demarchier | — |
| 3 | Old French | de- | Alternative form of des-; indicating that an... |
| 4 | Old French | des- | de-; dis- |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |