Where does “marcar” come from?
marcar (Galician) comes from Galician marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish mark, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
marcar (Galician): to demarcate, delimit; to mark, put a mark
Definitions
- to demarcate, delimit; to mark, put a mark
Ancestry of “marcar”, step by step
marcar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician marco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | marco | boundary marker; doorframe or window frame; A... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | marcus | mark; large hammer, sledgehammer |
| 3 | Frankish | mark | mark, sign |
| 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 |
via Old Portuguese marcar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | marcar | — |