Where does “marcatempo” come from?

marcatempo (Italian) comes from Italian marcare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

marcatempo (Italian): time clock, punch clock

Definitions

  1. time clock, punch clock

Ancestry of “marcatempo”, step by step

marcatempo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian marcare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmarcareto mark; to brand, notch; to label
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Italian tempo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantempotime; time, age, period; part
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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