Where does “marchepied” come from?
marchepied (French) comes from French pied, from Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
marchepied (French): step; running board; stepping-stone
Definitions
- step; running board; stepping-stone
Ancestry of “marchepied”, step by step
marchepied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pied | foot; leg, foot; An old unit of measure equal to... |
| 2 | Middle French | pied | foot |
| 3 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |