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Where does “marquage” come from?

marquage (French) comes from French marquer, from Old French merchier, from Old French merc, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marquage (French): marking; mark, marking; branding

Definitions

  1. marking; mark, marking; branding

Ancestry of “marquage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmarquerTo mark, mark down; To mark; To brand
2Old Frenchmerchierto mark; to give a distinguishing feature to
3Old Frenchmercmark
4Old Norsemerkiboundary
5Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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