Where does “marxa” come from?

marxa (Galician) comes from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

marxa (Galician): freckle

Definitions

  1. freckle

Ancestry of “marxa”, step by step

marxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic marką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
2Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

via Old French marcher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarcher—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →