Where does “mars” come from?
mars (Icelandic) comes from Danish march, 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.
mars (Icelandic): March; march
Definitions
- March; march
Ancestry of “mars”, step by step
mars traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish march
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | march | march; 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 |