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Where does “marco” come from?

marco (Galician) comes from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish mark, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marco (Galician): boundary marker; doorframe or window frame; A...

Definitions

  1. boundary marker; doorframe or window frame; A...

Ancestry of “marco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmarcusmark; large hammer, sledgehammer
2Frankishmarkmark, sign
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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