Where does “marche” come from?

marche (Middle English) comes from Old French marche, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marche (Middle English): tract of land along a country's border

Definitions

  1. tract of land along a country's border

Ancestry of “marche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarchelimit; boundary
2Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Frankish marku →
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