Where does “marquer” come from?
marquer (French) comes 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.
marquer (French): To mark, mark down; To mark; To brand
Definitions
- To mark, mark down; To mark; To brand
Ancestry of “marquer”, step by step
marquer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French merchier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | merchier | to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to |
| 2 | Old French | merc | mark |
| 3 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Italian marcare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | marcare | to mark; to brand, notch; to label |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |