Where does “mark” come from?

mark (German) comes from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

mark (German): mark any of various European monetary units

Definitions

  1. mark any of various European monetary units

Ancestry of “mark”, step by step

mark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Mārcus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMārcus—
2LatinMartīnus—
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Middle High German marc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmarca denomination of weight
2Middle High Germanmarke—
3Old High Germanmarka—
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “mark”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin Martīnus →