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Where does “marque” come from?

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

marque (French): mark; brand; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. mark; brand; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “marque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishmarkmark, sign
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marque”

  • marque
  • remarque
  • demark
  • marcassin
  • remarqued
  • erinnofilia
  • ремарка
  • contremarque
  • remarquablement
  • marque-page
  • marqueur
  • démarquage
  • marcophilie
  • marqueter
  • marqueterie
  • multimarque
  • marquage
  • marquant
  • marquer
  • démarquer
  • remarque
  • remarquer
  • biomarqueur
  • remarquable
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