Where does “margelle” come from?

margelle (French) comes from Latin margella, from Latin margō, from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- — edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

margelle (French): brink, edge; stone forming the edge of a well or...

Definitions

  1. brink, edge; stone forming the edge of a well or...

Ancestry of “margelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmargellared coral; coral bead
2Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- →Every word from Latin margō →Every word from Latin margella →