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Where does “Marschmusik” come from?

Marschmusik (German) comes from German marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Marschmusik (German): The genre marching music, written to march on ...

Definitions

  1. The genre marching music, written to march on ...

Ancestry of “Marschmusik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmarsch—
2Frenchmarchémarket; deal, contract; past participle of...
3Frenchmarcherto walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,...
4Middle Frenchmarcherto walk
5Old Frenchmarchierto walk; to travel by foot
6Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
7Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
8Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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