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 (as in military or other parade context) and/or in binary measure
Definitions
- The genre marching music, written to march on (as in military or other parade context) and/or in binary measure
Ancestry of “Marschmusik”, step by step
Marschmusik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German marsch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | marsch | march |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |