Where does “marque-page” come from?
marque-page (French) comes from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius, from Ancient Greek παιδίον, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids — few, little; smallness.
marque-page (French): a bookmark
Definitions
- a bookmark
Ancestry of “marque-page”, step by step
marque-page traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French page
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 2 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 3 | Old French | page | page one face of a sheet of paper or similar material |
| 4 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |